It still blooms

I met someone for the first time this week that I had very little connection with prior to our meeting. After brief introductions he uttered a phrase that I had not heard in so long it was like a shock of cold water to my face. "I read your blog." My response: "Oh, uh...haa...I haven't written on that in a long time." Immediately, my pupils dilated and my heart rate began to quicken. What could this guy possibly know about me from reading my blog. What had I unleashed of myself to the world wide web that could have any relevance on the meeting that was about to take place?

So it got me to thinking about my long lost forgotten blog and why I had failed to keep it going. I think I stopped writing because my thoughts darkened for a time. Because I couldn't imagine that anyone wanted to read them or would have any interest in my musings. Because I entered into a spiritual valley filled with trials and much wandering the dessert. I feel once again on the precipice of something big. A breaking free, a coming forth. I know this because my Orchid plant still survives and it has begun to grow again.

And this prophetic little plant has much to say it seems because after re-potting the plant (something I had not done since I bought the plant over three years ago) it has exploded with growth. Not only is there new roots growing, new leaves...there is not just one stem, but TWO growing up that will eventually bloom with flowers.

I'm going to try this again. Writing in my blog. Hopefully it will take root and grow again. Just like my orchid.