We Will Always Like You Here
The other day at yoga, a friend noticed these daffodils all by themselves on the other side of chain link fence looking wildly out of place. I thought daffodils only grew from bulbs. So did this mean someone packed up a few bulbs and a trowel and headed out to plant daffodils in an obscure places?
This didn’t seem right so I went to Google (seriously what did we do before Google?!) and learned that daffodils can grow on their own if seeds spread and find a welcoming setting. So these flowers aren’t quite as miraculous as I had once thought but… the balance of sunlight has to be just right for daffodils to thrive.
These days, everything I see and hear leads me back to the We Can Hard Things podcast with Michelle Obama and these little daffodils are no exception. If you have not listened yet, please do so. I could write many, many words on my take aways from the episode but one thought has stuck with me more than any other.
Glennon says to Michelle (cause we’re all on a first name basis, right?), “You write that whenever you or your brother complained about how people in the world were responding to you, who liked you and who didn’t, your mother would say,
“Come home, we will always like you here.”
And there is it. Like these daffodils, we all need a home. A place where we can land and feel safe and loved and supported. Without just the right balance of light, these seeds would not have grown into flowers. Without saying it in as wise a way as Michelle’s mom, this is the home I strive to create. In our home, I do say “your best is always good enough” which to me carries the same meaning- we will always like you here. Whether you win or loose. Pass or fail. Feel happy or sad. We will always like you here.
Like the daffodils, you must bloom where you are planted but how lucky we must be to bloom in a place where we will always be liked.
