There's something fascinating about us. We are created for renewal. Our blood cells have a lifespan of about 100 days; our skin cells replace themselves every 27 days. Brain cells, the hardest workers of all, last an entire lifetime. But every seven years every other cell in our body will have died and been replaced, each at its own preordained pace. We become a life that is brand new. Isn't this beautifully amazing? That we are meticulously being restored every minute? I love it that our cellular biology is glittering with revival. And that our brains are growing wiser and stronger and holding it all together.
Surely there is a lesson here. That we are hope and possibility. That every breath we take moves us toward our regeneration. That we are a creation and a wonder.
Today is a mild winter day where I live. The daffodils are inching up and hoping to stay tight before another frost. Work happens under the surface this time of year; plants have been resting and healing. We have been recharging too. Partly from Covid, but also in synchronicity with the season. Everything needs a time of recuperation before it grows, blooms and produces fruit.
This afternoon I was at a garden center. I overheard a conversation that made me wonder how many people were carrying heartbreak or unhealthy stress or deep sorrow, hidden behind their safely masked faces. Who was coping with job loss? Who a child with an addiction? But there we all were at the garden center buying greenhouse pansies, lavender and tulips in pots. While our bodies silently regenerate we plan for the future and give Spring a little push, awake to the possibilities of life. Taking our cues from nature. Nina Naomi
Thank you so much. Good to hear from you! Nina Naomi
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