A few lessons from the season of ❄️ winter...
1. GROWING CAN FEEL LIKE DYING - A seed has to die & be buried in the ground before it can begin again in spring. But things aren’t actually dead - beneath the surface, the roots are very much alive.
2. LASTING GROWTH HAPPENS INTERNALLY BEFORE IT’S EVER SEEN EXTERNALLY - Even though it looks like nothing’s happening or growing on the surface, the roots are slowly growing. Things are being conceived deep within.
3. SOME OF OUR DARKEST TIMES ARE OUR MOST FERTILE - The darkest period of nature is fertility, the space where seeds grow & where incubation offers the necessary conditions for sustained growth. It’s in the darkness & stillness, in the stripping away, that dreams and visions can be conceived.
4. PAUSE, PONDER, WE CAN’T ALWAYS PRODUCE - Trees become bare and barren, we can’t constantly produce, there is deeper work going on beneath the surface, unseen. Winter slows us down, pulls us back, helps us rest.
5. WE ARE NOT DEFINED BY WHAT WE PRODUCE - Even without their leaves or fruit, trees still stand tall, strong & beautiful. What we produce is not the sum total of who we are – our roots (our intrinsic value, our being) is what secures & centres us.
Hope these bring you hope if you feel like you’re in a winter season.
This season has purpose, it’s not a waste.
You may feel hidden in darkness, but that is where things are slowed down & new things are conceived. Things are happening below the surface. Breathe deep. Rest a while.
You can’t birth in spring, cultivate in summer, harvest in autumn without first conceiving in winter. Hold on, things are happening.
💜Ruth x
This Season has Purpose
