We need WIND, so we won’t fall over…

Ok, let me explain what’s been on my mind recently …

I have a small bushy tree in my garden that I love, a californian lilac, and it reminded me of this story I read in Jay Shetty’s book, Think Like A Monk:

 A few decades ago, scientists conducted an experiment in the Arizona desert, which is still there today: they built Biosphere 2… I’ve been following it on instagram, it’s an amazing, huge, steel and glass enclosure for flora and fauna, providing air that had been purified, clean water, lots of natural light and nutrient rich soil for the plants … perfect conditions… what more would you want if you were a tree…? Then later they found, that in lots of ways this experiment was a great success but in one way though it was a failure … the trees, after a certain height, would simply fall over… this baffled the scientists for a while but eventually they realised that a key element was missing from this perfect condition: the wind… in a natural environment, the wind would make the trees stronger: they would grow stronger bark and deeper roots to respond to the pressure that comes from their environment… this windless environment was good for the trees only for a while … without growing tall and strong, they couldn’t really reach their potential …. they couldn’t even stand…

We often fear that the changes and challenges in our lives will make us weaker… or even break us… we prefer our safe bubble… but you see, those challenges, changes and even stresses in our lives are the wind for us, making us stronger … helping us finding our own strength within, forcing us to believe in ourselves and to keep going, to never give up…

So, forget the perfect conditions… embrace the wind.… because it will come… storms will come for a little while… and for those times and storms in your life when it gets too much and you feel you need some support, a couple of stakes perhaps: find your tribe… and I hope You know where to find me…

Coz I’ve Got You