Inspiring Me Today: Wordsworth's Meadowflower Quote

More flower loveliness from the Baha'i Temple in Chicago, May 23, 2009

How does the Meadow-flower its bloom unfold?

Because the lovely little flower is free

Down to its root, and, in that freedom, bold.

— William Wordsworth, "A Poet! He Hath Put His Heart to School"

If we could trust down to my very root that we're completely free.

Totally utterly free, even in our rootedness.

How bold could we be in life? What boldness would we bloom into? And how beautiful would it be when we bloomed from this bold, free place?

To me, this quote sums up my BLOOM BIG philoposphy: how we are free to create our world, how we can be rooted in the gift of that freedom, and how we get to put whatever seedlings we desire into the world…and through trust, faith and boldness, the most amazing flowers can emerge.

Or, as Wordsworth concludes much more poetically in this poem:

And so the grandeur of the Forest-tree

Comes not by casting in a formal mould,

But from its own divine vitality.

Tell me, where in your life are you committed to being free and bold so your biggest bloom can emerge?

Comments

[jamie]

Absolutely delicious! That quote just stirs the soul! Thank you for sharing it and your Bloom Big philosophy! I'm in :)

[Shannon Jackson Arnold]

Jamie, You are such a blooming big kind of spirit…I so experience you in that way through all your wonderful offerings (classes, blog, e-courses, Creative Spark)…Love to see other blooming big in their unique way!!
Hugs,
Shannon