April Blog

Flowing with the Seasons

As we enter spring, I notice a familiar pull to accelerate, to skip steps, to start planning for summer and imagine the ease of warmer days ahead.

But this year feels different. There’s a heaviness I can’t ignore, maybe from the length of the winter, maybe from witnessing so much suffering around the world. Instead of rushing forward, I feel a deeper need to slow down. To pause. To restore.

I find myself thinking about nature, how nothing truly blooms all at once. Even when it looks that way, growth begins quietly. Slowly. It starts with rain, with nourishment, with unseen shifts beneath the surface.

So I’ve been asking myself what it would look like to tend to my own internal garden in that same way.
To give myself time to regain energy.
To welcome the longer days and warmer sun without rushing the process.

This month, I’m sitting in the in-between.
Learning to see beauty in transition.
Honoring the space it takes to process what winter has taught me.

I’m reflecting on what needs to be left behind and what is asking for more of my attention, care, and commitment.

• What seeds do I want to nurture?

• What parts of my garden need more space to grow?

• Which roots feel tangled or no longer alive?

• And what might be beautiful, but belongs in a different garden, not my own?