Grow Your Garden of Ideas

The VICTUS Method: plant & grow the unique dreams inside of you.

Turn the plant one-quarter everyday so it will grow evenly and not lean toward the sun.

That’s what the printed instructions said, for my new pink & blue hyacinths.

It got me thinking about how similar we are to the bulbs that contain all of the magic that’s required to grow straight, into the beautiful flowers they’re meant to be.

But, much like the bulbs that have blossomed so gloriously on my desk, we need to tend to and care for ourselves, lest we grow crooked. We need to nurture ourselves in just the right way.

1. Environment matters

Are we planted in the right soil? With the proper amount of nutrients available to nurture our roots?

Or, are we planted in the wrong setting. An impenetrable concrete slab’s never going to establish any roots.

2. Nourishment matters

We need to nourish ourselves with the right nutrients.

We must water our minds with proper thoughts. Our thoughts should enliven us and invigorate us to generate the life-sustaining energy that we need.

And the thoughts that cast a shadow mustn’t darken the sky for too long.

Self-awareness, then, is required; we have to realize how and when we’re getting too much, to balance what we need.

3. Loving-Care matters

Do we rotate ourselves — on a daily basis — to do the activities that spark joy and ensure that we grow straight, the way we’re meant to be?

Or, have we denied ourselves that “luxury”?

Have we turned the wrong way, focusing too much on one thing to the exclusion of others, to the point that we’ve grown lopsided and imbalanced, a mere echo of what nature — our Inner Self — wants us to be?

We are more like plants than we realize.

Inside each of us are the seeds for so many ideas, seeds that, when planted and cared for properly, have the capacity to grow into the most beautiful flower or the most magnificent tree.

Do we make an effort to plant them, to let our dreams sprout?

Or, are we holding on too tightly to the seeds that are buried deep inside each of us?

We might look over at our neighbors and see the garden of their dreams. So many vibrant flowers and plants and trees that have taken root and are busy sprouting.

Meanwhile, we hold on tightly to our packet of seeds. All of the ideas we have hidden away somewhere deep in our mind.

What’s stopping us?

We’re too afraid to sow them. We tell ourselves, “Another day,” but that day never comes.

We just tend to maybe one or two of the plants we planted so many seasons ago and, as they’ve taken off and grown up toward the sky, we whisper longingly at the seeds, “It’s ok.” To placate them, as if it really were okay, to ignore the magnificent beauty that stays dormant inside each of us.

Imagine what a beautiful garden we could have, if the world were filled with people unafraid, to plant the seeds in their hearts, to grow into who they were truly meant to be.