Braiding Sweetgrass, Robin Wall Kimmerer writes — ‘In some Native languages the term for plants translates to “those who take care of us.”

Plants are one our connections to the natural world.

They were the first to teach us how to hustle and flow.

We learn patience, the miraculous gift of life renewed, and balance when we care for plants.

These delicate creatures are extensions of ourselves.

Too much water, like too much love, can spoil us like it can rot the roots.

Too dry, and we must learn how to spring back before it’s too late.

Before we hit the point of no return,

Or make a cause for concern.

Plants in a person’s home are more telling than any art they may have.

One can keep a messy or a clean home quite easily, yet to grow a plant one must be blessed.

It is not left up to chance or fate to care for a plant, it shows they can handle stress.

Caring for a plant shows that one is capable of love.

Romantic is heavily advertised, platonic is nice, but Agape transcends space and time.  

Plants say more about a person than you know.

See if you have what it takes to grow.

Patience, caring, and knowing when to move a plant until it finds its perfect home is a sign of empathy.

Love given when needed sometimes daily or on occasion shows that a person is in touch with true needs.

Plants are as precious as seeds.

They have so many possibilities.