Flourishing.
A lovely word. As a descriptor of a quality of life, it says so much more than just surviving, existing, or getting by.
It’s a word which says something about realising potential. It’s about blossoming, growing, developing and essentially about becoming all you can be.
Flourishing as a verb refers to a process. It’s not a fixed state. It’s not a goal which can be achieved then there’s something else beyond that. Flourishing is ongoing. Flourishing is a way of living.
What strikes me about this photo is that it really is a snapshot of that process of flourishing. There is an abundance of life, and there is also an abundance of potential. I know that as I return to this path through the year I’ll see a even more flourishing as the vines grow and the grapes appear.
How to live?
A question we all ask ourselves from time to time.
i suggest one way is to get into the flow of flourishing…..to pursue whatever it is that furthers flourishing – both our own personal flourishing, and that of all the other Life around us. Because in prioritising flourishing we can not only become, as fully as possible, all we can become, but we become the person who supports and encourages the flourishing of others.
Thats the Flourisher’s Way.
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