New Dirt, New Pot
Plants, flowers, gardening or attempting to keep any of these mentioned alive has never been in my will house or my top favorite things to do. Years ago, one of my bosses thought she might inspire me by giving me a plant to keep alive at my desk. Soon we both learned after the plant died that it was best to let me remain in my lane of operations rather than attempting to be a plant mommy.
Fast forward to current day 2021 it seems your home, office or space isn’t complete without some form of greenery present. I must admit the atheistic of plants or flowers in the photo really pulls you in. I have been a bit resistant to stepping into that world of plants, everyone seems to be so intense. So I have always decided to opt out.
Towards the end of 2020 my grandma’s passing gave me a change of heart. Plants are often given as a gift to the family. My parents had a plant given to them that I thought was so beautiful. I asked my parents if I could make it my own it seemed they were both happy knowing my personal history with plants. Since it was connected to my grandma I had more of a reason to be motivated to keep it alive.
I did research found out how often I should take care of it, what environment it needed to be in to thrive best the whole nine. I scheduled time in my day to check on it, water it, I was determined to not kill this plant like I had done many others in my past.
One day I noticed it started to wilt. I changed where it was placed in the house, I didn’t water as frequently. With the changes I was making it was still wilting, instantly I started to feel horrible. After more research and conversations, I realized it was time for two things; New Pot, New Dirt. So, to Home Depot I went. I felt overwhelmed trying to find the right pot, the right dirt. After close to an hour in Home Depot I was successful. Guess what? I made it home and repotted the plant myself while my mother was on FaceTime of course. Once the plant had new dirt and a new pot the plant looked completely different. As I sat back to look at how much better it looked, I couldn’t help but to think we are this plant.
It’s obvious that 2020 was one for the books for sure. For us to really experience some refreshing moments in our days ahead we must get new dirt and a new pot. New dirt represents what will feed us this year. What is feeding your soul? What is feeding your heart? Are you still eating on past victories from years ago? Are you still hanging around those who are negative every time they speak? Are you negative with you? Do you constantly speak gloom and doom? Baby girl you deserve much more than just negativity in your life.
My plant was the wilting because it was outgrowing the pot it was in. You see there was nothing wrong with the plant (you), it (you) just needed space to grow. Your comfort zone will never give you growth it will only allow you just that, comfort. It is up to you to realize if the place you are in is causing you to wilt or to expand. When I moved the plant from the smaller pot to the larger pot it seemed like the plant was able to stand up taller and grow in a healthy way. Maybe it’s just me but I believe we are just like that plant. We need to be aware of what it takes for us to be our most vibrant, healthy, whole and complete self as we live each day. We need to be reminded of when our dirt needs to change when we need to be stretched in our faith and our actions. We need to be aware of when it is time for us to move from comfort to faith moves.
Let today be the day you realize that growth doesn’t come from only thinking it. There must be action in order to see, feel and experience the growth I know can happen in your life. Today take inventory of your dirt and your pot!