As always, such a beautiful devotion, both to self and to community. Thank you for holding us with your words and thank you for allowing yourself to be held. It is so good to be reminded that no matter how adrift, we all still have ourselves to find grounding in, and each other, to find grounding with.
what a beautiful incantation -- I love the prompt to be the root in a time of uprootedness, and I'm excited to sit with, what else, besides a root, we can re-become for our body and soul, and those we love, to hold onto and move with. I'm thinking of myself as also the soil that keeps some part of the root contained in itself even as it moves with the shoveling and the rains. thank you for this prompt to imagine differently.
Wow, this was very powerful for me. I have a very different mother story, but yet I feel the same intensity of needing to feel rooted because my mother passed last year at 92yrs old. For 48 years, she was my anchor simply by existing, and I’ve felt so untethered since then. I’ve used the words “safety net” this year, and how I need to somehow become my own net, but I really love the rooted metaphor more. Thank you for your blessing at the end too. This is now my new mantra to steady me. Thank you again.
Your garden is glorious, Lisa, and if I'm assuming correctly, those roots you've birthed are as lovely as they are strong! My roots are shifting, too, so your reflections shine bright for me. Thank you for sharing.
I love this, and I’ll be pondering how the truth here speaks to the hyper-individualism and disconnection now plaguing us. Our culture has of course leaned much too far into the idea that we need only ourselves — our own abilities, and the products we can buy — not other people. It’s appealing to believe we have so much control over what happens in our lives. But as you say here, control and certainty aren’t feasible, so they can’t be the objective. But we can trust and value our ability to live well enough within uncertainty, within pain. And sometimes that drive will cause us to reach our own roots toward the roots of others, to learn what can be shared. Thank you for reach out yours. 💗
Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous. You know exactly what’s needed. For so many of us. It’s so exquisite to behold that a personal journey is actually a collective one as well. Thank you!! Also, please don’t forget to market your book at the bottom of each Substack missive. You’ll be surprised at how many people still don’t know you’ve written a book and would love to buy it if they did know, smiles. 🙏🏽🤍
"Rootedness needed to burst forth within me, not just around me" is a harder version of a lesson that usually gets offered as something gentler and less demanding. Most advice about groundedness quietly still points outward, find your people, build your routine, create stability. This is asking for something that doesn't depend on any external condition holding still long enough to lean on, which is a genuinely different and much harder thing to build.
There is so much wisdom in this. I will definitely come back and re-read, many times over. This sentence, in particular, I so much needed just now "May you become the rootedness you are looking for." The photos are also stunning, I felt like I could get lost in them. Thank you, Lisa for sharing. ♡
Love this sentence.
“To not wait until change stops, but to anticipate it with openheartedness.”
Grateful for your presence here.
As always, such a beautiful devotion, both to self and to community. Thank you for holding us with your words and thank you for allowing yourself to be held. It is so good to be reminded that no matter how adrift, we all still have ourselves to find grounding in, and each other, to find grounding with.
Thank you for your presence and for your loving reflections -- so grateful <3
what a beautiful incantation -- I love the prompt to be the root in a time of uprootedness, and I'm excited to sit with, what else, besides a root, we can re-become for our body and soul, and those we love, to hold onto and move with. I'm thinking of myself as also the soil that keeps some part of the root contained in itself even as it moves with the shoveling and the rains. thank you for this prompt to imagine differently.
also as the soil -- ohhhh yes. Thank you for these images!
I absolutely love this and feel it 100%. The photos are amazing. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you so 💛
Love this, Lisa. How we find roots in the midst of chaos and upheaval--Such important questions to be asking right now.
Thank you, Vicki <3
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<3 <3
Wow, this was very powerful for me. I have a very different mother story, but yet I feel the same intensity of needing to feel rooted because my mother passed last year at 92yrs old. For 48 years, she was my anchor simply by existing, and I’ve felt so untethered since then. I’ve used the words “safety net” this year, and how I need to somehow become my own net, but I really love the rooted metaphor more. Thank you for your blessing at the end too. This is now my new mantra to steady me. Thank you again.
So grateful it reached you <3
This was so beautiful...and exactly what I needed. Thank you for the deep exhale 💜
So grateful for that 💛
Your garden is glorious, Lisa, and if I'm assuming correctly, those roots you've birthed are as lovely as they are strong! My roots are shifting, too, so your reflections shine bright for me. Thank you for sharing.
I wish it was my garden! It's a place in Albion I've loved visiting 💛 thank you for being here!
Wow. What a beautiful, powerful essay! Thank you!
Thank you so much!
I love this, and I’ll be pondering how the truth here speaks to the hyper-individualism and disconnection now plaguing us. Our culture has of course leaned much too far into the idea that we need only ourselves — our own abilities, and the products we can buy — not other people. It’s appealing to believe we have so much control over what happens in our lives. But as you say here, control and certainty aren’t feasible, so they can’t be the objective. But we can trust and value our ability to live well enough within uncertainty, within pain. And sometimes that drive will cause us to reach our own roots toward the roots of others, to learn what can be shared. Thank you for reach out yours. 💗
Oof, yes to all of this. The spectrum is real. 💛
Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous. You know exactly what’s needed. For so many of us. It’s so exquisite to behold that a personal journey is actually a collective one as well. Thank you!! Also, please don’t forget to market your book at the bottom of each Substack missive. You’ll be surprised at how many people still don’t know you’ve written a book and would love to buy it if they did know, smiles. 🙏🏽🤍
You're so right 🫠🫠 working on it! Thank you for your words 💛
This is so beautiful and resonates so much with how I’ve been feeling. Your words put magic and validation into the feelings, I am so grateful! ❤️
So grateful 💛💛
Lovely words. May your heart know peace and your soul soar.
Thank you so 💚
"Rootedness needed to burst forth within me, not just around me" is a harder version of a lesson that usually gets offered as something gentler and less demanding. Most advice about groundedness quietly still points outward, find your people, build your routine, create stability. This is asking for something that doesn't depend on any external condition holding still long enough to lean on, which is a genuinely different and much harder thing to build.
So much harder 💛
There is so much wisdom in this. I will definitely come back and re-read, many times over. This sentence, in particular, I so much needed just now "May you become the rootedness you are looking for." The photos are also stunning, I felt like I could get lost in them. Thank you, Lisa for sharing. ♡
Grateful it reached you 💛