Some things take their own time: Sowing the Seeds
In early Spring of 2023 I had grand plans to grow a pollinator paradise in my yard. I envisioned our pond surrounded by wildflowers bursting with color and teaming with bees, hummingbirds, and butterflies.
And so, I began…
I diligently selected a native rocky mountain wildflower seed mix.
I eagerly cleared the tall tangled weeds from a sloping patch in my front yard.
I gently combed the soil and added just the right amount of compost.
When it was time to plant the seeds, I excitedly scattered them over the soil and then gently sprinkled the tiniest layer of soil over them. I said a little blessing and watered them in.
And then I faithfully watered.
Daily.
All summer I returned to this patch waiting for the wildflowers to grow.
And watered and waited.
Despite my best efforts only 3 little seedlings poked through bearing the tiniest-tiniest, itiest-bitiest little flowers.
The following summer, something curious happened. I started to see these brilliant yellow red flowers with giant cones in the middle. And a month later the whole patch was blossoming with an array of yellows, oranges, reds, pinks, and purples.
So once again nature showed me that the world is not on my schedule, or the schedule of the seed packet, or the overculture’s schedule. Some things, like these beautiful wildflowers, take their own time.
In a similar way, we have been tending to our work at tendrils; planting the seeds and faithfully watering. And, as always, we are being taught about how good things take their time. But like a beautiful raging rainbow of wildflowers, we are so excited to announce that our Wild Within Course will (finally) be available this autumn!
In our Wild Within Course, you will:
Use the book Women Who Run With the Wolves as a mythic frame
Learn about how to use myth and story as medicine
Learn to discern and disconnect from that which no longer serves
Recover your innate wisdom
Explore your own personal myth
Leading up to the release of our course we will be posting writing related to the themes that you will learn more in depth about in the course. And offering some reflection questions for your pondering. For this week:
What are some things in your life that you planted and have been watering?
What seems like it should have bloomed already but may be taking its own time?
Might there be a gift in the slower timing, either by allowing something to take its ripest form or by making space for other things that needed to come through first?