“No one likes the process of pruning and the pain of loss, but fruit only grows on new wood.” Leonard Sweet
We all at different stages in life should have gone through a pruning season or seasons.
The stages of life one seeks to go through to receive
different results than previously involves a pruning of one’s old life to a new
one.
Before I get into this post, let's take a look at the definition of pruning according to the dictionary. Pruning is "to trim by cutting away dead or overgrown branches or stems, especially to encourage growth!"
Peeling off those old layers (shedding) and ridding your
life of those unwanted (dead) branches is necessary to see different results.
There is a process to becoming someone better.
You cannot become someone new, by holding on to old habits, behaviors
or people for that matter.
Changing your old ways and working towards new thoughts,
better behaviors, and good habits comes with acknowledging that you want to be
a better version of you.
It is about calling a truths with yourself.
The first step to changing is admission. It is admitting to
yourself there is a problem or behavior that needs to be addressed and fixed.
In essence, work (pruning) has to be done.
Things will be required on your part to do, in order to be
successful.
Let’s take a look at the 3 steps that will help you (if
done) during your pruning season.
1. Get quiet – Pruning requires a transformation process. It includes isolating yourself and figuring out what you are truly seeking. What are you expecting to happen in your life during this season? The only way to understand this is to get quite and be still to hear God. Living or being in a place of chaos will not allow you to hear what you need to, to effectively be successful in your pruning season.
2. Detach from drama – When you are in your pruning season you should be releasing yourself from things and people that no longer serve you as a person. Unwanted gossiping should no longer seek to exist. If it is not something to enhance your present state of being then it should not be in your company. It doesn’t mean you are better than anyone else, it just means, you seek more spiritually, physically, and emotionally. You are evolving into to someone that knows what they want and are taking steps towards achieving them.
3. Realize what is important – Understanding there is an assignment that is larger than you, allows you to become focused on what is important and required of you to move forward. Gaining a clear understand of this allows you to stop fighting and being resistant to the process.
When you seek to have more meaning in your life, achieving
it becomes your priority. There will be times that you have to become
uncomfortable. Yes, in order to become the best version of you, you have get to
the truth of who you really are in order to change. This is when you will have
to become uncomfortable to become comfortable.
Does
that makes sense?
In making the decision to grow, you have agreed to get rid
of the dead leaves (pruning) and grow more of what you want to blossom. You are
clearing the way for new sprouts to grow. You are making the decision to water them with knowledge
and wisdom, which secures new possibilities. Ones that are filled with promises
and prosperity. You realize that even though you did not agree
with some of the leaves (people or things) that fell off, it was
essential for your growth. Hence the saying, “you will have to become
uncomfortable to become comfortable.”
Let’s Chat:
What uncomfortable moments have you had in order to grow and
get into the next chapter of your life?
Daria
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