Have you ever heard the saying, “It’s all in the tea leaves?” Well this time readers, it was all in that little white tab that hangs off the other end of the tea bag. To provide you with some context here, I was sitting at my desk yesterday contemplating life, as we all do around 3pm when that afternoon slump hits. And in my effort to stay awake, I decided to make myself a cup of tea. While I was hiding in my office kitchen, sipping on tea and wishing I could eat a second lunch, my thoughts kept coming back to this post.
For the past two weeks I have attempted to write something that would contain the perfect amount of inspiration and motivation, without crossing that line into corny. But at one point, the only thoughts going through my mind were, “Who am I to think I can say something that people will actually want to hear? Everyone is going to think this is stupid. What is the freaking point?!”
While trying to prevent myself from going into yet another shame spiral, I was racking my brain to understand why I was having such a hard time articulating what I wanted to say. As my overthinking quickly went into overdrive, I glanced down and noticed that there was small writing on the little white tab dangling from my mug. Out of curiosity I looked at the tab and read the following words:
“The only difference between a flower and a weed is judgment.”
I gasped, my mouth wide open. I literally started looking around the room, trying to figure out if someone was playing a joke on me. How did this tea tab know my life??
I read the words again:
“The only difference between a flower and a weed is judgment.”
Not only did I see this as a sign from the universe that I should absolutely start back up with my blog, but in that moment I made the decision that regardless of whether or not anyone else saw me as a weed, I was going to choose to be a flower. Who cares what people think? Someone could read my blog post and think it is absolute garbage, but the joke is on them because one woman’s trash is another woman’s treasure.
We all have a unique story that is meaningful. By sharing our experiences we can learn from each other and gain knowledge and perspective that we wouldn’t have otherwise been exposed to. If that idea keeps popping into your head and you just can’t stop thinking about it, maybe that means you are meant to bring that into the world and make it a reality. As long as you are living your truth, being honest with yourself, and bringing light into the world, who the hell cares what anyone else thinks. What one person interprets as “a waste of time” could change someone else’s life.
If that idea brings you joy and fulfillment, then it is imperative that you march forward, other people’s opinions be damned. Because at the end of the day, you have to live in the life that you create. And I don’t know about you, but I would rather fail spectacularly at something, than look back in 20 years regretting that I didn’t even try.
Don’t ever forget that you are a flower. And anyone who goes through the effort of trying to convince you otherwise, they are the weed. You, you’re a FLOWER.
Sometimes you just gotta go for it even when it doesn’t make sense to anybody else.
Nathan Campbell, Insecure
