Metaflorasis! What is it, and how did it come to be? It’s part of an evolutionary process for me. Over the past 12-plus years, while cooking for people with chronic illnesses and postpartum moms, I've connected firsthand with what people are going through beyond their illnesses. I get to know what makes them happy and, especially, what makes them struggle.
It's funny how, at one time in my life at a very young age, I thought life would get easier, when it’s actually quite the opposite. Life is like the video game Donkey Kong—I won’t apologize; Atari was my video console growing up, and I don’t play many other video games (I digress)… Basically, life is like Donkey Kong. The first level is simple, and every level I pass, Donkey Kong keeps throwing barrels faster and faster, and the obstacles get more and more dangerous. It’s more challenging, but then it’s also more rewarding when accomplished.
Life is one big practice to prepare us to deal with the future inevitable struggles. And this pain will either make us or break us.
So, even though nutrition and fitness play a vital role in true overall wellness, I can’t continue denying how much our mental state does as well. We can no longer dismiss this, especially right now in our current state of the economy where everything is getting crazy expensive. Economic struggle is real. Mental struggles are real. Our eating and sleeping habits are mostly side effects of our mental health, economic status and lack of education.
And that is why I want to dedicate this 1-acre field on my farmstead to grow flowers built by internet strangers around the world to all share our struggles and, from it, instead of allowing it to break us, collectively, create something beautiful.
