How you are like a flower
This spring, I replanted my garden, and this week, my first Black-Eyed Susan bloomed.
Here she is!
She’s glorious. And even a little imperfect.
As I admired her, I thought about her evolution.
She was lovingly planted by some beautiful human at The Flower Bin, then placed in a tiny pot, and eventually, I bought that tiny pot. I transplanted her into my garden, and now, every day, I greet her with water, food, and kind words (yes, I talk to my plants; with a "Hello, beautiful flowers!" every time I walk by lol).
She’s rooted in her little patch of earth, bathed in morning sunlight and soothed by afternoon shade.
And slowly, silently, she has been collecting nutrients. Her intelligence and energetic design know exactly what to do.
She grew toward the light and one day, she opened her petals.
We are no different.
We are planted in the wombs of our mothers. Our DNA knows how to form our hearts, lungs, and limbs. We don’t have to think about growing. We just… do.
But growth isn’t only physical.
While in the womb, we also receive nutrients from our mother’s emotions, her stressors, her hopes, her fears. And (hopefully) her love.
Outside the womb, we continue to lean on others for nourishment...food, care, safety, affection, and guidance.
Like a flower draws water from its soil, we draw from our environment.
And like a flower, we collect everything.
Not just what we’ve personally lived through but what our ancestors carried.
The love, care, connection, and belonging. And, the wisdom.
But also.... The traumas. The fear. The scarcity. The belief that it’s not safe to be seen.
These become our soil.
And little by little...thought by thought, experience by experience, decision by decision, we grow with all of these things shaping us into who we are today.
It blew my mind the first time I heard this:
Your present reality is the accumulation of all your past thoughts, emotions, decisions, and experiences.
Your body, your bank account, your relationships, your sense of safety...all of it is a reflection of the mind of the past.
And just like the flower doesn’t bloom without first rooting down into rich soil…
We, too, must go inward. Into the unconscious. Into the nervous system. Into the stories we never chose, but still carry.
This is the work.
To notice what lives in your soil.
To tend to the parts of you that never got what they needed.
To prune what no longer serves.
To tend to yourself with loving kindness.
And to trust that something beautiful is coming...even before you see the petals.
PS. If this resonates with you, join me for Stop Stressing, Start Receiving: A Free Money Mindset Workshop Wednesday, July 30 at 11am MDT
We’ll explore the nervous system roots of money stress and begin shifting the inner patterns that are keeping you stuck.
I will send a replay.
