In the craggy rocks beside the flower bed, tiny little jumping jacks and violets poke their miniscule little stems out of the gravelly soil. So delicate looking and frail as if one breath of air could blow them down. Yet there they stand, testament to overcoming winds, hail and heavy rains; unperturbed in spreading their glory for those to see who are prepared to look beyond the showy garden flowers inches away. Those flowers bloom in groups – bright pinks and whites sheltered together against the weather- holding each other up saying look at me. How beautiful I am. We claim this space.
The tiny flowers do not proclaim their delicate beauty, they do not demand that anyone look at them or even notice that they are there.
And yet they are speaking a message for all to hear. “You can thrive in rough conditions, you can survive in difficult conditions, you can grow in difficult conditions. You can withstand the tempests to reveal the beauty that lies only within you.” There are no requirements for you to be noticed or to depend on others for support. Your beauty stands alone. This is a relationship between you and the Divine. The Divine will support you wherever you are. It is enough that you are alive, that you are blooming, that you are appearing in the world as you. Independent and strong, yet supported and nurtured and as with all things divine- loved exactly as you are.