Tomorrow marks the start of a year-long project; The Gift of a Year: as put forth in the book of the same name by Mira Kirshenbaum. A year in which I hope to learn (re-learn?) how to care for myself, and in so doing, begin again to care for others.
The title of this post comes from today's reading from Simple Abundance by Sarah Ban Breathnach. A potted plant needs room to put down roots; it needs nutrients from the soil. When either or both are depleted, the plant needs change in order to continue to grow and thrive.
I realise that I have been pot-bound for more years than I care to think about. Decisions I've made and circumstances I have allowed to develop have contributed to this. But now a conscious effort at re-potting begins. Watering can at the ready, I will turn my face to the sun.
