The article "Be Wild and Bloom" is about attraction, it was created by Nancy Bishop.
Just before black fly season arrives in May, I like to wander
into the woods to see the early spring wildflowers
poke their heads up from the forest floor.
Some of my
favorites are the pitcher plant and dutchman's-breeches.If you look closely at the pitcher plant you can actually
see the shape of a "pitcher." Its flared, mouth-like opening
is a perfect receptacle for unsuspecting insect;
the next meal for this carnivorous plant.The delicate flowers that droop from an arched stem are called
dutchman's-breeches.
These tiny white flowers in the sahpe of
pantaloons look like they are hanging on a line with their "ankles" up.
Whoever named these little beauties must have had an exquisite eye for detail and be in communion with their Creator's whimsical nature.What I appreciate most about native wildflowers is that you can still find them in their natural habitat as they were meant to be: authentic and wild.How often do you feel as though you are in foreign land trying to live a life that doesn't fit with who you are, and what you value? Day by day, this incongruity creates conflict. Eventually, you shut down, wither and your passion for life satrts to dry up. These little everyday compromises end up costing you your health and well-being.What if the "real" you were to come out of hiding?
Are you sometimes afraid of what other people will
guess if they knew the real you? Maybe they
would find out that you have doutbs about your abilities
as a parent, a partner, a friend, an employee, manager or any one of the numerous roles you play in your life. Could it be that what you have been hiding is gift, tlaent or idea because you don't guess it is good enough? I believe that if we are going to be more authentic in
our lives then we are all going to have to come out of hiding
and tell the truth about who we really are.
It is only when
the truth is brought out of hiding and, into the light, that
we will be free to be the unique idnividuals that we were
created to be. The world doesn't need a sceond imitation.
It needs each of us to express our way of being in the world.Like the wildflowers hidden beneath the forest floor,
the truth has a mysterious way of finding the light.
Perhaps we are all divinely porgrammed to seek the light and, then again, maybe the light finds us.This spring may you find your own plot of earth
to firmly plant your roots, stand up and express your
real Self.
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