
“A seed knows how to wait… a seed is alive while it waits.”
— Hope Jahren
For our Winter Journaling event this week, we are taking one final journal session to reflect on the previous year. We invite you to take a quiet moment to yourself and truly show gratitude to the woman you were when you planted seeds in your garden last Spring.
We learned many lessons last year as we explored what it truly means to live according to the cycle of the seasons. Last week’s journal prompt helped us make peace with any lingering emotions that needed a little extra love and care to send on their way.
On this last week of reflection on the past, we’re sitting down with an assortment of seeds: those we are eager to replant, and those that no longer have space in our gardens this year.

Did you know that the largest tree by weight and land mass spans across 106 acres? A research paper was published in 1976 that suspected an unusually large group of Aspen trees, later nicknamed Pando, to actually be a network of clones since they share a root system. The US Forest Service later collaborated with independent researchers between 2006-2008 to prove through genetic testing that the forest indeed was genetically made up of one single tree. (Source: friendsofpando.org)
Needless to say, the seeds we choose to plant will definitely have an impact on the world around us! Can you imagine if that single Aspen tree never took root? Then we would never have such an incredible natural phenomenon as Pando, the largest tree in recorded existence, and its impact on the earth around it.

The same goes for the seeds you are going to plant. They become a part of your creative ecosystem and play a very important role in helping you achieve your goals.
This means that some of the seeds we planted last year may no longer contribute to our growth like they did, and that’s okay. That means you yourself have grown, my dear!
Take a deep breath and thank the year-ago you that planted and tended an entire garden last year. She has given your heart so many loving lessons in the form of a metaphorical garden that flourished thanks to your combined efforts.


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