There is a magnolia tree in my neighbor’s yard. Every day I try to guess which exact day it will bloom. I have been wrong for over a week. I think the buds are looking like they are going to just bust……and then they don’t. It looks like there is all this energy and life ready to spill forward. I keep thinking it will be a chaotic, messy explosion of magnolia flowers. I have seen this tree bloom for years and it is slow, steady and very much worth the wait. Impatient anticipation keeps me setting a timeline for something that will happen naturally; when it is ready. Especially now as we are shifting into opening and expanding more, it seems like there is a set date in which everything is just be open. It isn’t like or going to be this burst open. Everyone will move at their pace and timing. The forward momentum will happen naturally; slow, steady, and perfectly. Wherever you are at in this spring bloom, it is the right time. Enjoy the process and go at your own pace.
Sending you with so MUCH LOVE, Laura
UPDATE: The magnolia tree bloomed a few days after I prepared this email. It is beautiful and worth the wait!