I can feel another metaphorical nature story coming on!
This is a chilli plant 🌶 Today I noticed it had bloomed it’s first beautiful flower since planting it 🌼 It was a rescue plant! Left on a shelf with the other plants deemed too ‘imperfect’ to be valued enough to sell with the healthier plants.
Although it had a rough start, all it needed was the right environment to nurture it. I believed in it’s ability to grow stronger and healthier and decided to support it to do that.
Soooo what’s my point? Well just like this plant, I see so many beautiful and inspirational people who have been through rough times, haven’t ‘fit’ on the ‘perfect shelf’, haven’t felt valued by others (I’ve been there too!), however have become stronger, more resilient and wiser from their journey of digging up what needs to be, developing understanding around their experience, changing what needs to be changed and blooming.
Whether it be a new environment, new soil for growing deeper roots, nutrients, sunshine, more open space, different company or water when things start to dry out, support and guidance when needed or all of the above, we don’t need to be put on any particular shelf.
Creating your own space to nurture your wellbeing and to have the tools and support to work through the challenges when they arise on your journey is what’s important.
Love nature and all that it can offer, even more important is to give back since we are nature and nature is us🌿
