Blossoming After Loss
Chicory: Master Teacher of Adaptation
Nature’s intelligence. Innate wisdom for adapting to Universal cycles. The four seasons. Night and day. Sunlight and clouds. Warm and cold. Being watered and being pruned.
Flowers, trees, herbs, and weeds. Masters of adaptation, transforming themselves based on what’s happening in external MACRO Universe. Like chicory plant. She grows in my front yard and hedges southern side of house. Mother Nature is my landscaper. And, benevolent teacher. I allow and enjoy living amongst the wildflowers.
Notice how chicory closes petals and changes colors when sun’s bright heat stresses plant. Vibrant purple pigment turns into quiet, soft white. Her prana- vital life energy shifts to conserve energy. Also, shortly after being mowed down(neighbors yard), chicory rises again. Quick to bloom, versus blame.
The wisdom of nature and wonder of God’s creation.
I’m in awe of what chicory plant taught me today:
💜 When an external situation (job, person) ignites intense stress, make a change. In short term, shift into a peaceful, non-reactive hue. The common phrase, “I literally saw red” describes the mind in anger state. Change your spiritual hue, at warning bells hullabaloo. Visualize a soft blue color and breath of God entering your senses. Breathe slow and gentle. Recite Bible verse.
💜 Recovery from loss or change quickly happens when one roots into faith and God’s Word. First picture is a full bloom 2’ chicory mowed down in neighbor’s yard. In five days, plant rose and quickly bloomed again, after chopped to a nub.
In spring, when chicory begins growing, the plant first roots, then extends main stalk upwards. Days pass, then plant expands and branches out. Then, only after a divine pause, blossoms appear. A growth cycle of weeks. As a mature chicory, I believe she has the experience and chutzpah to rise up and quickly bounce back, blossoming in sudden change.
💜 Be aware when a tense situation heats up, flaring fiery emotions like impatience, anger, judgment, or jealousy. Pause. Withdraw from stressful situation. Tuck in. Pray. Take a walk. Conserve and preserve your energy and peace in mind.
💜 Recognize when God prunes something back in order (and holy chaos) to help you root deeper into Faith and your spiritual gifts. Trust a sacred pruning will help you reappear on your career or spiritual path with more potent, creative potential to quickly do your Soul’s Mission work, and, the mundane daily to-do tasks.
💜 Move towards Light sources. Avoid another’s shadow of judgment. Or dark self-doubts. Prayer dispels darkness. Prayer ignites divine light.
💜 Align with God’s Word and nature’s cycles. Be a student of the Bible and of life. Learn to settle into both movement and in stillness. Always seek and extend towards the light. Nestle into prayer and your heart space. And, keep rooting into Faith in order (and holy chaos) to nurture your beliefs and spiritual roots.
Intelligence by from God and in nature. Study. Copy. Practice. Enjoy daily for lifetime well-Being. Pick up a Bible. Find a wildflower teacher. Sit. Look and listen.