Intermingled Nourishment
We are together
My favorite ways to be together involve me and the wider world, commonly known as nature.
I love to be with and in and among other living creatures.
To meet at the very tangible and touchable place where our bodies converge.
And where our souls stand in reverent acknowledgement of each other.
When I spend time with other humans, I often long for it to be spent listening together. Listening to this wider world, communing with it. Letting our souls intermingle in a dance. Letting our intuition join our other senses in taking in the world touching us at every angle.
We belong. We are one. We are accepted and wanted and connected as we are.
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Today as I walked among the wider world I noticed trees hugging one another, growing together in one long embrace. One couple in particular—a broadleafed beauty and its long-needled companion looked as if they were waltzing in place, surrounded by their kin.
I know in my head, and it is wonderful to envision, their roots also intermingling to more effectively and more generously nourish one another.
What do human roots look like, I wonder? They are harder to envision. Permission to be oneself. Wisps of emotional expression. A compassionate response. A look of recognition and understanding. Being impacted by each other. Letting the other one matter to me. Seeing them for who they are. And knowing that I matter, that I am important, wanted, seen, by the other. Less tangible, but rooted, intermingled nourishment nonetheless.
We belong. We are one. We are accepted and wanted and connected as we are.
Hi, I’m Catherine. I’m so happy to share this time and space with you.
I’m a counselor and self-trust coach living on the Emerald Coast of Florida.
Alongside this Substack and my podcast Who We Are & What We Need, I counsel clients, speak, lead workshops, and lead participants through in depth group programs.
I am a creative, mystic, and neurodiverse adventurer. I love connecting, creating, and doing life together. I’d love to hear from you. And I’d love to walk alongside you on your journey.
Thank you for being here in this sacred space we get to co-create, as we come home to ourselves and enjoy the fruit of that oneness.
Much love,
Catherine
Wow, Catherine -- what a beautiful post and beautiful reflections! I have thought about this, too....the intermingling of root systems within a forest community...... one thing that I appreciate about our human community here is the many long-term relationships that there are in this community (at least in my experience)...... I have appreciated having been here a while and being able to be supported by fellow trees in this area.
(Also, it is neat to think that two human "trees" can grow alongside each other and share roots even if they do not live in the same city.)
There is a book that comes to mind......... The Hidden Life of Trees, the illustrated edition........... beautiful insights into the world of trees and their "communications" and interconnections.