Plants ask for a kind of commitment. Not much, just a little: light, water, attention. Care. They require you to believe that tomorrow, you’ll still have the capacity to show up. That life will still be stable enough to let something grow.
But when someone’s been through upheaval: a divorce, grief, a breakup, a job loss, an international move, even that feels too much. I’ve had clients say to me, “I kill every plant I touch.” They laugh. I don’t.
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