Be The Weed

Settle your body.

Take a deep inhale and let it go.

Welcome to a hit of hope.

The world is very good at telling you who you should be,

How you should be.

You should be strong,

Handsome,

Capable,

Beautiful.

Always be useful,

Always be in control,

Always do as you are told.

Stay small,

Fit in,

Be perfect.

Be the rose,

The beautiful,

Precious rose.

Don't get me wrong,

Roses are beautiful and there's nothing like smelling the sweet blooms fragrance on a sunny day.

But being a rose is hard work.

It's exhausting.

So what if you tried something new?

What if you tried to invite more weeds and wild into your life?

What if you let go of the perfection and fuzzied up your edges?

What if you committed to growing in the hard places?

Because weeds know a thing or two about surviving in the harshest conditions.

And not just surviving,

But thriving.

Weeds thrive in the crack of the sidewalk clinging to the side of a slick and weather battered mountain.

Weeds know how to grow.

So here,

Now,

Can you settle your body?

Can you feel your roots reaching down?

Hold on.

Feel the wild,

The untamed rise up in your body.

Now,

Reach.

Now grow.

Lift your tendrils.

The light is up there.

Namaste.