Seeing my husband spray dirt off the roots of the tree stump really inspired me, so I’m here to talk about it.
We recently got a fire pit, and my husband had the idea to put it around the stump of a tree we had removed a few months ago.
He’s been working on cleaning up our backyard here and there over the past few months since we moved into this house, and he’s been more dedicated to it lately so we’re able to fully enjoy the yard and the fire pit.
The other night I was reading on the deck as he was cleaning up around the roots of the tree stump, and all of a sudden, I felt really inspired. This is what I wrote down on my phone:
Expose your roots. Dig them up, see what they look like. Decide if you like how they look or if the foundation is crumbling and in need of updating.
Are your roots still strong? Are new roots forming?
Water yourself. Replenish yourself. Give yourself grace, mercy and water. Hydrate yourself, literally and metaphorically.
It all hit me out of nowhere. After I typed it in the Notes app of my phone, I moved on with my night and kept reading the book I had with me. Then the next day, I came across the note again and decided to blog about it.
I started thinking about the things that are ingrained in us from a young age as roots. They’re a very powerful part of us, and sometimes we don’t even realize how deep they go.
Are you still aligned with the roots that were established when you were younger? Are you holding on to things that don’t serve you anymore but are comfortable and familiar? Are new roots trying to grow but you might be skeptical about them?
The metaphors go on, but the message stays the same. We need to be mindful about all different aspects of our lives, including things that were ingrained as kids that we might not even know still exist within us.
We need to investigate these roots and either nurture and care for them so they grow or dig them up and cut them off if they don’t align with us anymore.
Regardless of if we want the roots to grow or go away, we need to be kind to ourselves. We need to hydrate ourselves literally and metaphorically. We need to drink water and find other ways to replenish ourselves so we can be as strong as a tree with deep, meaningful roots.
I didn’t set out to be inspired by my husband doing routine yard work, but here we are. We never know where or when inspiration might hit, but I’m working hard on being more open to that.
Lately I’ve been inspired by a parking lot and gardening, so who knows what’ll inspire my next blog post?
Photo by Kyle Ellefson on Unsplash
