Aren’t We All Like Flowers?
Beautiful and wild, yet at the complete mercy of all that surrounds us. Growing from the muddy roots of our past and drawing sustenance from surrounding energy. The real test of any flower is how well we are able to withstand the storm. Are we strong enough to weather the turbulence? When our petals are no longer flawless, do we have the resilience to bloom again? Does our power lie in the torn and delicate petals that now carry an imprint of our courage? How do we embrace our imperfections, our fragility and find our power from within? How can we show the world that a flower blooms by embracing vulnerability and blooming again and again, no matter the weather?
There was a time when I had no control over every aspect of my life. My health, work, marriage, the ability to complete daily tasks independently — I had literally lost it all at the same time. It was a very dark place, I was scared, I didn’t know what tomorrow would look like, I didn’t know if I would get better or if my family would look the same again. I resisted the change and the more I resisted, the more I lost who I was. I was trying to go back to the past, something that is obviously impossible to do but something that a tortured mind cannot see. So, I did the opposite of what I should have done, I refused to be vulnerable. I let fear govern my life by resisting the circumstances that were outside of my control and in my desire to go backwards not forwards, everyday felt like torture and it wasn’t long before I completely lost who I was.
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