A Lesson from the Plants

They can’t leave during a storm. I’m afraid. I want to run away. I want to hide and envelope myself in a cocoon. I’m outside of my comfort zone. I feel vulnerable. I want to step backward–back into safety. Yet, I know where I want is forward.

I can’t get there going backwards. I can’t get there following the path of the known. This place has only been seen from a distance. All the beauty and details still too far away to identify. It’s calling me. I hear it louder every day.

I want to run, but part of me says, “Stay. Take a lesson from the plants and stay. Don’t run and try to hide until the storm passes. Stay. Grow stronger roots. Evolve. Develop new ways to survive. Adapt. Grow.”

Take a lesson from the plants. Stay.