Lessons from Nature - how to become ADAPTABLE in a chaotic world

๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆย ๐ŸŒปโฃ
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When I was a little girl, I would sit on the sidewalk and study the antsย ๐Ÿœย how could something so small create such magnificent hills out of single grains of sand?โฃ
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Like nature, ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€. โฃ
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This ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ permeates the entire universe, from the ants on the anthills…to the humans on the grass…all the way to the super novas bursting through the depths of the cosmosย ๐ŸŒŒ. โฃ
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In these 2020 moments, Iโ€™ve found such strength and solitude in reflecting on (and in) nature. โฃ
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๐Ÿญ. ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† - the deeper the tree roots grow, the stronger the storms it can weatherย ๐ŸŒฌโšก๏ธ๐ŸŒฒ.
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๐Ÿฎ. ๐—”๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† - being IN the ๐˜ง๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ. Life is forever changing, moment to moment. It is within the ๐™‰๐™Š๐™’ we must embrace our ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, for the storms of the future are unknown. โฃ
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๐Ÿฏ. ๐—ฝ ๐—ฎ ๐˜‚ ๐˜€ ๐—ฒ…๐˜ด๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฏ. Hibernation and dormancy are part of the ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฉ๐˜บ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฎ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ฆ. โฃ
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๐Ÿฐ. ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ - how amazing is it that the plantย ๐ŸŒฑย and fungiย ๐Ÿ„ย kingdom have developed ways to communicate through the root system, the air, the moss, the wind…why canโ€™t we be more ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ like this? โฃ
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๐Ÿฑ. ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ - do you think the trees beg for it to stop raining? Or wish and worry about, โ€œwhen is it all going to end?โ€ Yea…I didnโ€™t think soย ๐Ÿ˜‰ย embrace the now, for there is ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—บ in every experience. โฃ
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๐Ÿฒ. ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜๐˜† ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† - even in moments where you feel sad, fearful, or angry…remember…๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚. You get to experience the whole range, like a rainbowย ๐ŸŒˆย . ๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ด, ๐™–๐™ก๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ฎ๐™จ. โฃ
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all my love,โฃ
<3ย dr mel โฃ

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