We Gon' Make It!
Sooo, I have been breezing through this Tuesday morning completely forgetting it was Tuesday. I am sorry ya’ll!
But anyway… I have been watching this stalk on my orchid that sits on my desk die. The plant was a birthday gift from my team. It had four beautiful flowers on it when I received it. White with a hint of purple. Then the flowers closest to the end began to wither. Then the stalk followed. Initially concerned, I consulted google (our all-knowing star lord) for the answer. With a quick search, I learned that this was completely normal and if the leaves were, still a nice, healthy green there was nothing to worry about. I inspect the leaves and they look and feel good so I figure I am good to go but I check the roots at the bottom for good measure. We good.
Before I even get going, don’t roll your eyes… I know where I am about to take you will seem like I am trying too hard but just stick with me. I promise it’ll be good in the end.
As you can surmise from my most recent posts, life has not been roses and daisies for me lately. It’s been tough. Things have been insane and I have been dealing with a crap-heap of stress. I won’t go into all that now but I will say I have noticed how much I have been feeling rundown. I just haven’t felt like myself lately. I have no motivation. When I get home from work I just want to lay around and just not. I feel like everything going on around me is on fire and if I move I will be burnt up as well so I just need to sit down and be. I feel like my flowers are falling off and my stalk is withering.
You know that feeling. Like the whole world around is a hot behind mess, complete with hot-fry breath all hot in your face and there’s nothing you can do to get ol’ smelly out of your face. You kind of feel like incomplete. Kinda like the stalk of the orchid.
But not to be preachy… but… the thing about it is we are like the orchid who’s stalk withered and died off. We have healthy roots and leaves. Things may be insane but it’s okay. We are fine. We gon’ make it! We gon’ make it! (E-V-E) lol. But really, we’re good people with good, strong roots that will hold on and keep our bases steady. Things can turn upside down in our lives but we can withstand. We can deal with the craziness.
So I am getting myself together. I am refocusing. I am trying to shake the madness going on around me and you can too. Just keep pressing and it’ll be alright. I am going to try my best to be like this orchid next to me and just be. My flowers are going to spout again. So are yours! You’re going to get past your craziness! You’re going to shake the mess and feel better. Your flowers are going to sprout again! It’s gon’ be alright!
