Unfurling

Today I have been reading about a very touching and tortuous healing process, a recovery from mental illness, and from a state of withdrawal from the real world, which took several years and a lot of help to achieve. It is amazing what the human spirit is capable of, in the right circumstances.
Even in my own everyday life, I am sometimes aware of the struggle to open up when it feels easier and more comfortable to close down.

These Harts Tongue Ferns are unfurling now. They don't have to think about it, their cells have just made the decision that now is the time to do so. They reminded me of how fragile we all are, though we sometimes forget it. And yet in knowing and accepting that, there is strength.