Bare Root

🌿 Looking for the beauty in everything isn’t always easy. It takes practice - but it’s so worthwhile. What mundane things do you find beautiful? ✨

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To make a prairie
it takes a clover and one bee,
One clover, and a bee.
And revery.
The revery alone will do,
If bees are few.
- To Make a Prairie, Emily Dickinson
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Did you know that in addition to her poetry, Emily Dickinson was also impassioned by botany? In an era when primarily men were at the forefront of the scientific establishment, Dickinson created a beautiful herbarium of over 400 pressed plants!
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Pictured here is a small flowerhead of Queen Anne’s lace I pressed last year.

✨ ACCOUNTABILITY // There are times in our lives when we say things to our friends and family - "She made me so angry" or "He's making me so upset" - but guess what? No one else has the power to make you feel any specific way!

When we say things like this, we're blaming someone else for making us feel that emotion, and we're absolving ourselves of responsibility in our reactions.

A small but very powerful shift you can begin to make in your life starts by holding yourself accountable for your own emotions. Instead of quickly shifting the focus back to another person, try to bring more awareness to these instances going forward - own your feelings. You can still be angry, you can still be upset - but you will begin to understand the "why" behind your emotions.

Claim your feelings, hold yourself accountable, and witness your life begin to shift in a more positive direction. 🍃☀️