After 4 weeks of care, an amazing 83 year old woman asked about stopping because she is feeling better. Her progress has indeed exceeded all of our expectations as years of daily pains, hunched over posture, difficulty breathing, and no mobility in her neck have all drastically improved. She asked if we would take her back if her issues returned and of course we said yes. But, as we sat together, there happened to be a plant right in front of us and I asked what would happen if we stopped watering the plant. Would it turn brown right away? Or even in a week? Or might it take weeks or even months? We talked about how to care for the plant once it wilted. We jokingly talked about giving it viagara to give it a boost and then asked if there were any chemicals we could add to try to prevent further wilting. Was there a cure for wilting plants? The answer, of course, was obvious - the only way to revive the plant - to help it heal and thrive again - was to regularly water it and nurture it back to health. The plant innately has the potential to heal and grow and live, it just needs the right conditions. Could we give the plant a ton of water all at once to revive it or would it need smaller amounts over a longer period? Will the plant ever be as healthy as it once was? Would it still have the same life expectancy after being deprived of water for so long? Will it be able to fully express its innate potential and be the best plant it was intended to be? What would have been different if we just watered the plant on a consistent basis in the first place? Would it have stayed just stay the same? Of course not. It would grow taller, stronger, and healthier. It would bear fruit and give rise to other plants. It would experience the highest expression of the potential within it. It would function, adapt, and sustain as the highest level. And so these are the choices we must make every day in our own lives. Do we engage consistently in taking care of ourselves, never settling and always seeking improvement, or do we let our health slowly deteriorate, not making a it a high priority until we lose it, and then try to get it back? We are all free to choose. #youarenodifferentthantheplant, #dontwilt, #everydaycounts
Posted on: Thu, 24 Apr 2014 15:29:47 +0000
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