Pleasantly surprised by Wren being a bisexual queen! Also I'm getting the feeling this book is going to rip my heart out and chuck it into the nearest ocean

While reading Braiding Sweetgrass, Kimmerer mentioned that:

In Native ways of knowing, human people are often referred to as “the younger brothers of Creation.” We say that humans have the least experience with how to live and thus the most to learn—we must look to our teachers among the other species for guidance. Their wisdom is apparent in the way that they live. They teach us by example. They’ve been on the earth far longer than we have been, and have had time to figure things out. They live both above and below ground, joining Skyworld to the earth. Plants know how to make food and medicine from light and water, and then they give it.

And I noticed that a lot of the books form this beautiful stunning quest revolve around how plants can help us understand ourselves and our environment better. And it left me thinking how we should be learning from plants and animals, we are not above nature. We are nature🥹

The teachings of plants are vast, so I would love to know if there is something you have learned from nature!!

I’ll go first! I used to be a perfectionist, it had to be all or nothing. If I failed once then it was the end of the world. My adhd didn’t help, if I lost my streak then I might as well give up on the whole thing. But then, one day I started taking care of my garden and I was surprised at how fast it bloom and recover from months of isolation. If one day I forgot to water my plants or if I was to tired because of my back pain, it didn’t matter, I could always start all over again

I’m actually tearing up lol but it was a life-changing moment. It didn’t matter if I fell, I could always bloom again once I started taking care of myself❤️‍🩹