Why You’re Like a Wild Flower Even Though You Don’t Know It

Posted on May 2nd, 2016 by Dr. Andra Brosh

It’s Wildflower week and the colors are extraordinary!

I couldn’t help but think about the endless metaphors that these beautiful flowers can offer to us as we continue to grow and thrive in our lives. Both native and wild, the wildflower serves as a lovely reminder of how unique and perfect we all are.

I gave a talk over the weekend to a group of divorcing women, and I shared how my divorce made me realize that I had become somewhat of a domesticated animal after 20 years of marriage.

I told the participants how I had forgotten what it was like to live in the “wild”, and that I had lost touch with the inner trust that I could thrive anywhere I ended up planting myself.

I think we all forget how adaptive we are, and how we can really do well with even the smallest amount of good soil. The context of your life doesn’t have to be perfect it just has to offer what you need to flourish.

Wildflowers sprout up freely wherever they are, and adapt to the conditions that surround them. Their process is so organic and natural I can’t help but think how simple life would be if we could just let ourselves evolve in the same way. But we have to do it without fear and without apology.

Sprouting and blossoming everywhere we are regardless of the conditions, and letting our beauty break free of what it’s buried under. We exist under layers of false beliefs, untrue perceptions and unrealistic expectations without any regard for how much it affects our growth and ability to shine.

We need the the light of truth to survive, but sometimes the exposure is frightening.

What if I’m wrong?

What if the world doesn’t see what I feel about myself?

What if I get stepped on or crushed by someone who doesn’t notice me?

I don’t think the wildflower worries about these things. There will always be people who don’t see the beauty in the natural, and we are all at risk of being plucked instead of admired. These possibilities cannot get in the way of your organic process and evolvement into your truest self.

Living wildly is unnatural to us because we’ve been taught to be normal, good and abiding. But the rules and restrictions of what society tells us we should be are oppressive and damaging.

Take the week of welcoming the wildflowers as your opportunity to blossom into who you are meant to be.

Break free of the confines of dirt that has been piled on top of you, and feel the sun shine on your most beautiful and authentic self.

Let yourself bloom in field of your life in all of your glory. Feel special and free to be who you are even if that means being different.

Remember the wildflower and how it feels to be in the presence of something so beautiful because that’s how the world will feel about you.

Dr. Andra Brosh May 2nd, 2016

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