A Lesson from Plants
Winters are hard. The days are short and dark and almost uniformly gray in this part of the world. Leaving bed almost always seems like a bad idea, even when there’s plenty on my To-Do List and I know I’ll feel even worse if I don’t accomplish at least the majority of them. I’m at odds with myself a lot in winter. I take vitamin D (when I remember), I’ve invested in a Happy Lamp (that feels entirely too bright), and I’m trying to get movement back into my routine. But there are still days where I struggle. Where my mind moves considerably faster than my body and I feel every kind of out of sorts. Today is one of those days. Recently, a friend was in a similar stressy-and-depressy place. When she asked for advice I suggested she do some light stretching and then maybe repot some plants? So,…