Blossoms

Here in Atlanta we are in the full swirls of pollen - and yet - everything is beautiful. If you can handle your allergies long enough to get outside, there are the most gorgeous blossoms everywhere.

And yet, the process of blossoming is a challenging one, and it is true for people as well. Over the last month, I have been working backstage trying to make some new technical things work better for our groups. It has taken longer, and been way more frustrating than I could have imagined. Having said that, we are getting closer to blossoming, and expect to share a lot of those new updates soon.

But inside, blossoming in this season has been even harder. I have felt tired and burnt out, easily frustrated, and easily distracted. Maybe you feel or have felt similar vibes. For me, it has been hard to find purchase lately; it has been hard to see growth. I find myself leaning on the words of Morgan Harper Nichols: "One day you will look back and see that all along, you were blooming.” Some days that seems hard to believe - but I hang on to that hope.

This is Easter thinking. When the carpet has come out from under us, when we are holding on to a promise felt but not fulfilled. Easter breaks the sky each morning, letting us know we can start again. Easter is not a day - it is a church season - that lasts 50 days. And - it is also a way of thinking, it is a mindset of hopefulness.

Poet and novelist Joseph Fasano writes:

Why open?

Because what is a blossom

anyway

but a fist saying

I can't

do this

anymore

May you find comfort despite your difficulties.

May you be willing to open your hands.

May you blossom in this season.