Years ago, after making some homemade soup, I placed the root 
bottoms of the three organic leeks into some filtered water, changed it 
daily, and watched them begin to slowly regrow. Two days later, they finally had enough growth from the centers, away from the residual 
outer layers, those outer layers had begun withering away. (This was my 
first time doing this process, regrowing leeks from cut roots.) I tracked the responses of each plant when I peeled various levels of the 
wilted parts away from the new growth centers. For one leek, I didn’t 
remove any of the wilted outer parts. The second, I removed a few of the 
outer wilted “sheaths,” while for the third leek, I removed them all, 
except the very last layer up against the new growth centers. Two days 
later, The bottom of the leeks had growth spurts of one inch, each! What 
was surprising, was the differences in the level of growth from the top! Up 
to two inches in variances! How exciting! (Yes, I know I’m a bit of a 
gardening/science nerd; and sometimes the littlest discoveries excite me the most! Lol. I digress.) I immediately peeled the remaining wilted parts of the rest of the leeks… as… “My work here was done!” 

In experiencing so many changes, revelations, opportunities for new growth throughout Covid chaos or life in general… how many of us have chosen to remain in the wilted, perceived protectedness, and comfort of those cocoons of old habits or cycles? Lots of people kept saying, early on during the lockdowns, “I want things to return to normal.” I think we’ve progressed past the point of knowing; and are acknowledging what was our “normal” is not going to return. But, that doesn’t have to be a bad or negative thing. 

Perhaps, like the leeks in my experiment, we could begin to see, 
acknowledge, and slowly peel back the layers of our own wilted pieces… 
pieces of our thought processes, our experiences, and our feelings. 
Perhaps, we could open to tossing aside those pieces no longer serving our lives; because they’re effectively restricting us from the lives we want to 
create and live into BEing. If we want to bring a healthy habit into our 
lives, we must clear the space for it to enter and remain or “become rooted 
within us.” If the thought of tossing out all of the wilted pieces at once 
is too overwhelming, the aforementioned leek experiment showed us peeling back a few layers of the wilted pieces at a time can help us at the root level… until we feel our base is strong enough to tear out of the wilted remainder to soar towards the light, warmth, and radiance of the 
sun, moon, and reach for the stars in our own time. But, don’t expect the 
(leeks) people, places, and things around you to remain in that same growth pattern to end up in the same pot of soup, salad, or even the same kitchen… as you do.

When we are born, we have all the freedoms and possibilities of God’s amazing imagination and planning for our lives. 

How many times do we need to get to a point of feeling like we’ve been dragged down, weighed down, pushed, pulled, twisted, or entwined with the “weight of the world” or others within our inner circles, before we realize we’ve done it for so long we no longer remember where we knew our lives were meant to go; and we’ve lost the essential BEauty God planted within us? 

Let’s have the courage to cut the vines and branches weighing down, burdening, and preventing our inner Light to shine from the depths of our souls, as God intended. 

Let's all begin singing ”The Breakup Song,” by:  Francesca Battistelli! 

On our morning constitutionals, we love to just be present with nature and listen to her telling her life stories, listening to her songs… learning of the wisdom of her life stories. We see how some trees struggle to remain upright, leaning on one another, sometimes to the detriment of the durability or endurance of that supportive tree to maintain its full strength… or full-uprightness. Conversely, we see when the tree releases its clinging to its old way of life… it often creates a flourishing biome for a plethora of new life, of varying species or phylum.  

Imagine the BEauty and bounty we might create within our own lives, if we release our own need to hang onto the old, the dead, the dying portions of our lives. We cannot create or welcome the new Blessings created for us with each new season of our lives, if we cannot, or refuse to let go of things no longer meant to accompany or support us in welcoming the changing seasons of our lives. Within ourselves, we can release the old in order to more fully welcome the next generation of BEautiful sprouts, blossoms, and bloom into the greatest portions of our amazing life journeys.  

If you, too, want or need encouragement or support in releasing your old, in preparation of greeting and more fully entering your own “spring awakening,” we invite you to visit the music section of our website to purchase our River of Release meditation which contains lovely supportive sound healing implements graciously narrated and provided by a sound healing expert and energy worker, Linda Alario, in our effort to help release the stuck energy in our lives, and work towards collectively raising the vibrational energy within the greater world. Thank you for Blessing our lives, with your time and consideration of our messages, whether through reading our blogs, or purchasing and appreciating our music.

Sitting and watching birds can help us understand the nature of preening feathers… essentially the “weeding out” of the ones that don’t feel “just right” or as effective, anymore. Perhaps areas that receive little twinges that let them know new growth is awaiting the area… if only someone made room, by removing the current “thing” blocking its potential placement or growth spot. 

Each new year, we look in pondering of the proverbial New Year’s Resolutions. Some still do them; but, many have given up on a notably failed, antiquated notion or tradition of “days gone by.” Some folks do actually have success at making permanent changes in their lives, when beginning new years with this “time honored tradition.”  

A few years ago, I began to compare a bird preening and a skin injury on a human or another mammal. How preening is intentional “ripping out of the old,” so to speak. Most skin injuries are unintentional, and they might bleed or ooze serous fluid until they stop. Often, there’s a need to apply pressure to make them stop. Some mammals will lick them, dogs and cats for example, that have active enzymes within their saliva to aid in wound cleansing and the swiftness in healing. Some folks like to rip off their old scabs, professing it will create a new one or quicker healing for them. Others will let the first scab alone; and, simply watch as it shrinks over time, on its own. “To each, his own…” as the adage goes. 

When it comes to internal, non-physical wounds, they don’t often get the same attention in being as readily identified as our physical or superficial wounds. Yet, they are often the ones needing the greatest amount of tenderness and gentle, loving care to ensure new growth is not only taking place; but, it’s healthy, as well. If we don’t pay as much attention to the things wounding us on the inside and properly align our behaviors, routines, boundaries, nutrients, and self-care to honor how we’d like it to be healthy, rather than quick, easy, and painless… the unhealthiness we choose will resurface. The unhealthy habits will resurface until we give them the same attention I pray we strive to give children… towards raising productive, healthy members of society with a good moral compass, full of compassion; and, love for humanity. Maybe instead of concerning ourselves with fitting into man’s idea of what constitutes “a beautiful set of feathers” on another, we can focus inwardly. Maybe if we “heal” the wounds we are afraid to admit often guide us into feeling fear, guilt, shame, or inadequacy… we can let go of trying to pretend we can grow the feathers, the skin, the Gifts, skills, or talents of others… and live more into embracing and owning our own Divine path and Gifts.