bonus news! i need to remind you of this...
lesson from my hanging flower & paid newsletter starts next week
I need to tell you this story.
I was so excited to get this cute hanging plant for our porch. Well, after weeks have gone by, I regretted it because
it was getting wild.
Flowers and greens growing and sprouting in all directions and with the slightest of wind, petals would fall- leaving our porch looking- unkept. Suddenly I was annoyed at this fast growing plant. I thought about if I should trim it to shape it but just at the right moment, my husband reminds me of my own words and I am left with nothing to say, but - you are absolutely right.
“aren’t you the writer and coach who tells people that it’s okay to bloom?”
I wanted to shape and mold this plant so that it looked groomed. Petals falling meant
it’s taking up space.
How many of us do this to ourselves and to people in our lives? We tell ourselves and each other to just be, but we end up controlling- stifling our own becoming.
I am seeing this wild plant of mine now, actually eye level from the dining room where I write (coincidence, I think not) and am reminded to bloom, and keep blooming. Others may see it as wild, irresponsible, unkept- do it anyway. Take up space.
doing the scary thing, is blooming
The expression of my own words, “it’s okay to bloom” to me means going paid. It’s scary, uncomfortable, lots of imposter syndrome, but also excitement for how this will unfold because
I am giving it space and a chance. As an Asian American woman, I am learning to take up space and ask for support. It is not natural for me and even as I write these words, I am facing discomfort.
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What does the phrase “it’s okay to bloom” look like for you?
have a beautiful week,
kyunghee