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Growth, Change & Self Care
The kaleidoscopic nature of the self
Day 28-August 5, 2021
I want to remember the feeling I woke with today — self-care. That turned into helping my plants because some of Dorotheanthus’ limbs were dying and she needed nurturing. I cut them and put them in water to see if they will sprout some roots. Then maybe I can replant them and give them another chance to grow and bloom.
Plant whispering turned into watering other plants and having to move the basil pot because I realized it was creating a wet spot on the wood floor beneath; the saucer is clay, and the moisture had seeped through. OK, I won’t do that again!
Next, I had to clean up the floor, find a new saucer for the basil, move it to allow the wet spot to dry, and in all that I noticed the track of the sliding door behind the plants was beyond dirty. So then… cleaning — hand vacuum, spray cleaner, three rounds of scrubbing, the works!
Then I noticed Lila, sitting quietly over in the corner, trying to chew off part of her leg. I got her to follow me into the bedroom and onto the bed so I could shine some light and investigate the source of her obsession. It turned out to be a small hot spot that she let me clean with alcohol and soothe with triple-antibiotic ointment.
