Hey Reader,

It's Wednesday, and of course, I've been wandering again. Bringing back some wisdom from the Howgill Fells!

Today I went up to the stile to get onto the fell (Crook) that I found last week...but this time I followed the pipe track along hoping I could get across to Sickers fell. Probably wasn't the best day to do it after all the heavy rainfall, but feeling motivated (probably by impending half term), I thought I'd see how far I can go.

And it was a nice enough little path along the bottom of the fell...until it wasn't. The pic below is where I realised I was going to have to call it for today, because the path just fell away. You can't really tell the drop so well from the picture, but I didn't fancy my chances climbing down - particularly not in steel-toecapped wellingtons.

So I went back the way I came.

And as I did, it reminded me about when this happens in life, in business... and I think it's often why we try to hold onto things for maybe longer than we need to. Because we've given time, energy, belief, to get to where we are, walking this path and feeling like "Yeah - this is the right way". We can see where we'd like to end up over there in the distance.

Then we turn a corner and suddenly - path gone. Just like that.

It's that fracture point. The moment of realising we cannot continue any longer on the same path. We're desperately looking for another path or a way through, and telling ourselves "But I've put SO much into getting to this point"... that can really sting.

I don't believe that it was a waste of time walking that path. Because the path gave us experiences, information, clues about our own self, that we couldn't have found any other way.

Sometimes the only way through is to descend. Sometimes there's no way through on this current path at all - and the kindest thing we can do is turn back, find our footing, and look for another way in.

The path is still out there. Just not this one, not today.

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Two new videos are up on the channel this week:

What Hawthorn Teaches Us About Getting Through a Life Transition​
​Watch here​

What Plants Are You Working With Right Now? (A Rainy Polytunnel Chat)​
​Watch here​

And coming Friday: Why I'm Starting to Talk About Plants, Earth Connection and Seasonal Living. If you're not subscribed to the channel yet, now's a good time to do that!

Over On Substack...
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​The Fracture: Where Life Transitions Begin
​Read here​

The Descent- Why Everything Falls Apart Before It Gets Better
​Read here​

Until next week,
Sarah