The Difference Between Surviving & Flourishing
I've had a fiddle leaf fig plant for almost ten years that had always done OK, but never thrived. Then one day recently I moved it from its usual spot next to a window to a corner of the room just a few feet away, where it still gets plenty of sun but not as directly.
And within a single week in its new home it unfurled six vibrant, fresh new leaves and in the handful of weeks since has grown six inches in height.
Turns out all it needed to flourish was a tiny tweak in the amount of sunlight it was receiving.
This is how making shifts in our being can be.
The mind often overcomplicate things, bogging us down with unrealistically perfectionistic all-or-nothing ideals of how things “should” be and thwarting forward action with mental narratives about why little changes won't be enough or why we've failed at things in the past so why bother making changes now.
But embodied transformation is almost always a gradual, cumulative process. And just because change is imperceptible in the moment it's happening doesn't mean it's not gathering momentum and solidifying within us, little by little.
Simple shifts made repeatedly and consistently can mean the difference between surviving and flourishing.
And even when some formerly beloved part of yourself may appear to have gone permanently dormant, it likely hasn't. That part of you can be revitalized through your directed intention and attention.
Given the right conditions and consistent care, that seedling of the part of yourself you've been missing can be nourished back toward flourishing. It all depends on which parts of yourself you place your intention and your attention on again and again and again.
How about you – are there any parts of yourself that have been feeling a bit under-nourished that you'd like to start tending to with some extra TLC these days?
What's one simple action you're feeling ready to commit to taking consistently to nourish that part of yourself?
Trust that simple, intentional, values-aligned actions done on consistent repeat can over time mean the difference between surviving and thriving. Start small…but do start.
With Love,