A Garden Visualization For When You Feel Behind

A guided visualization set in a garden, between a peony that hasn't opened yet and a lilac in full bloom, for the moments when you feel like you are pushing and pushing and it is still not enough. This practice is for anyone watching everyone else seem to move forward while they feel stuck, or for days when just getting through is all there is.

Wherever you are right now, in full bloom, tightly budded, or simply trying to stay rooted, this offers a few minutes to sit with that instead of fighting it. The practice closes with a short grounding breath to bring you gently back to the room.

Transcript

Hi, I'm Ruth, And welcome to Inspired Questions. I want to take you somewhere with me today. Close your eyes if you can. Or you can just soften your gaze. Imagine stepping outside onto a porch. And take a breath. Smell the air. Flowers, Grass. Something warm and earthy. Feel the sun. On your skin. Breeze moving past you. Birds somewhere nearby. To singing their songs. Now step down into the garden. Look around. Some plants are fully green. Summer's still growing! Everything is at its own stage. Everything in its own time. Their lilac bushes in full bloom. Can smell them before you even get close. That sweet, Heavy scent that wraps around you. That's almost too much. But also, Somehow, Exactly right. And in front of them. GME. You can see the flowers. They're there. They're tightly butted. Small, Round clothes. Sitting at the end of their stems. Just waving. Lilac and bloom ahead of the peony. The peony isn't behind the lilac. We're just different. Everything grows and opens and comes into its own in its own time. That's not failure. That's just how nature works. The flowers don't ask themselves if they're enough or if they're on time. They just are. Maybe you're the penny right now. Maybe you're pushing and pushing. Feeling you have to do everything, Show up everywhere. Prove that you had deserved to be here. That you deserve to exist. Maybe you're waiting. Watching other people proceed. FactFeed. Do all the things. I'm wondering why it isn't your time yet. Feeling stuck. Not knowing what the next step is. Wondering if it's ever going to be your time. Or maybe just being awake today is all you can do. Just the basics. Eating something. Sleeping? That's it. That's all you have right now. These are such different places to be. And yet. . . Here's what I know. At every single one of those points. You are enough. You were born into this world worthy. We were born into this world with purpose. You were born enough. And somewhere along the way, You forgot that. Or you were told it wasn't true. Or life just made it seem like it wasn't true. Potatoes. And here's what I want you to hear. We are not fixing ourselves. We are not rebuilding ourselves. We were never broken. All we were doing is uncovering what was always there. Finding our way back to what we already are. Back to the work. Not becoming. But returning. So sit with me right now. Whether you're sitting in this garden in your mind. Or just where you are. On your couch, In your bed, In your car. Just sit with me for a moment. Take a deep breath in. And a slow breath out. And tell yourself. It's okay. I am okay. I am enough. Another breath in. In and out. You might not feel it right now. You might think I'm wrong. You might think there's no way that's true for you. I know that feeling. I'd be in there. But it is true. There in Sideview. And even the moments you can't fully believe it. I believe it for you. I fully believe you are enough in every moment. You can't feel it yourself. So wherever you are right now. In full bloom. Tightly bobbed. Or just trying to stay rooted in the ground. You are enough. I know you are. You've always been. Come back to this when you need the reminder. And until next week. Stay grounded.