| Well, you're doing the best you can with what's | | | | - Are you even planted in the right spot? Is there |
| going on...it could be worse...sometimes you have | | | | potential for growth in the soil where you are or |
| to take those lemons and make lemonade...you | | | | are you just getting soiled on? If yes, the soil is |
| just need to bloom where you are planted. We've | | | | fertile, then move onto the next step. If not, |
| all heard these old adages from time to time but | | | | think about transplanting to a new place. |
| if you're hearing so often (especially saying it to | | | | - So you have the soil mix, now you need the |
| yourself) that it has turned into a mantra for you; | | | | water. This is the nourishment you receive from |
| you have bought into a lie that will keep you | | | | doing your job. Sometimes we have to fine tune |
| stuck in life. | | | | this area; not enough water and we whither, too |
| Seven years ago I bought a plant called a | | | | much and we rot. What part(s) of your job bring |
| Butterfly Bush. I had the perfect spot; good soil, | | | | you the most satisfaction and how can you |
| proper drainage and it would receive the sunshine | | | | capitalize on that. Keep in mind that some of us |
| it needed. Problem was that a few weeks after I | | | | need more emotional nourishment than |
| placed it in its new home, the tree next to it | | | | others...The Desert Cactus blooms with minimal |
| exploded with growth. I figured, wait and see | | | | water where the Water Lily lives in it. Keep in |
| what will happen. Well, for 6 years I waited while | | | | mind your needs, not those of your friends/family |
| my plant survived, showing green leaves every | | | | co-workers. You may be a Passion Flower and |
| spring but nothing more. No buds, no flowers, no | | | | they're Ragweed, to each their own (although |
| butterflies. My plant was missing a component it | | | | sometimes the idea of using weed killer is soooo |
| had to have in order to bloom; sunshine. No | | | | appealing). Once you've accomplished this move |
| amount of me telling it; come on, we can make | | | | onto the next step. |
| the best of a bad situation, hey it could always be | | | | - How much sunshine do you need to bloom? I |
| worse, let's do a few flower mantras and positive | | | | have Hosta in my yard that actually does great in |
| affirmations together...nope, none of that was | | | | the shade. Their long green stalks with tiny bell like |
| going to change its plant DNA. No sun, no flowers. | | | | blooms line the front of my house. That is not |
| Last year I finally did something about the | | | | what was needed for the butterfly bush, though. |
| situation. I transplanted my Butterfly Bush to the | | | | Full sun for a good part of the day was required |
| back yard where it would get full sun for most of | | | | for it to prosper. What type of recognition (sun) |
| the day. And behold; it has bloomed. I've done this | | | | do you need and how much? Can you bloom if |
| before in my life; staying at a job, in a relationship, | | | | you are in the background or do you need full sun |
| with a financial problem, thinking that someday, | | | | or a combination? How can you position yourself |
| something would change. I figured it was me, I | | | | to get what you need? |
| wasn't doing what I could for things to be better | | | | We all have times when we have to make the |
| and if I just tried harder, I would get it. | | | | best of a challenging situation. And there is one |
| Sometimes that might be the case, especially if | | | | item I've not covered; manure (one man's B.S. is |
| you find yourself changing careers, relationships, | | | | another's fertilizer but that's for another time). My |
| etc and still having the same challenges, yeah it's | | | | question; are you making those challenging times a |
| probably you. But, just like our bloomin' buddies, | | | | habit? Because if you are, once that situation is |
| we have to have the right mix of soil, water and | | | | resolved you will create another challenge to take |
| light to move from surviving to thriving. | | | | its place. |
| Some things to consider; | | | | So, are you thriving or just surviving? |