There is a curious moment in the Garden.

It is not spring.

It is not yet winter.

The flowers are not at the height of their bloom,

but they have not disappeared either.

Something is changing.

The Garden is in transition.

And transitions are strange.

They are not as exciting as beginnings,

nor as clear as endings.

They happen in the middle.

In the silence between one season and another.

The Discomfort of Not Knowing Exactly Where We Are

Transitions often come with questions.

Am I going in the right direction?

Is this growth or loss?

Am I blooming… or simply changing?

In the Garden, change does not always look beautiful at first.

Some flowers fall.

Some leaves dry up.

Some branches need to be pruned.

But none of this means that life has gone away.

It means something new is being prepared.

Not Everything That Ends Is Loss

In the Garden, some things must end

so that others can begin.

A falling flower is not failure.

It is part of the cycle.

Pruning is not rejection.

It is preparation.

Nature understands something we often take time to accept:

growth almost always passes through transitions.

Transitions Also Happen Within Us

Sometimes the transition is external:

a job that changes,

a new city,

a relationship that transforms.

Other times it is quiet.

Something inside you begins to think differently.

To desire new things.

To see the world with different eyes.

And for a while, it may feel as though you no longer belong to the old version of yourself…

but have not fully arrived at the new one yet.

That in-between space can feel confusing.

But in the Garden it has a name:

the season of invisible growth.

What the Garden Teaches Us

No season lasts forever.

Not the season of abundant flowers.

Not the season of silence.

Transitions are nature’s way of reorganizing life.

While everything seems to be changing,

the roots are learning to grow deeper.

Trust in the Middle of Change

Perhaps you are living through a transition right now.

Nothing is exactly as it once was.

But the new has not fully revealed itself yet.

If that is the case, remember:

In the Garden, a transition is never the end of the story.

It is simply the moment when life is reorganizing the bloom.

Text:
Priscila Sotana