March | clovers & apricity
This month’s theme is around manifesting & sunshine …and how we welcome that through clovers and apricity at this changing season. I realize that snow is still visiting many parts of the world in March, but in Louisiana, the clover fields are vast and the sun is piercing through with a little more force, a little more rested and ready for its upcoming busy season. Thanks to the influx of content available on the internet through shorts, tiktoks, and reels, I learned a new word - apricity. Apricity means the warmth of the sun in the winter. It’s a noun. …and it’s a beautiful word to describe what this transition from a hibernating winter to glimpses of spring must feel like for so many - literally and figuratively.
Why are we talking about clovers? Well, every year, my kids search for a four-leaf clover when the patches start to pop up. I pressed and framed a few of their picks from last season as a reminder that the search is never complete. Have we found a four-leaf clover yet? No. Have I prompted them to search with the bribery of $20 for whoever finds one? Yes. That bought me about an hour of flower bed weeding. Follow me for more parenting hacks.
But we’ll never stop looking.
There’s something about the season that brings me to a place of simmering. …itching for more sunshine. …itching for what the year will bring. …and starting to manifest it for myself, planting the seeds for whatever my four-leaf clover is for this chapter.
What is manifesting? It’s the process of bringing something to life by taking action and prepping your mind to make it happen. It’s very Field of Dreams if you ask me. If you build it, they will come. For me, this kind of process comes through by prayer, by action, and by (the hardest part) patience. Trusting the timing of the things you know you want out of life is the ability to loosen up control of the reigns, forfeiting your position as the author of the book of you. I’ve had to do a lot of that throughout my life - loosening up those reigns.
I really do believe that if you believe that good things are coming, then good things will come. I’m not so naive to think this process is linear. There are ups and downs and steps forward and steps back. People will sometimes say “things happen for a reason.” I hate that. I’m too Type A to not want to understand the reason while also believing I’m not the author of my story. I like to use the phrase “things happen as they are supposed to.” It’s the same, but different. It’s a smoother explanation. Things happen as they are supposed to …but here, I can still place myself as co-author. I’ll still help edit and write this story, making moves to make some magic happen while understanding the conclusion is not my part to co-write. Things happen as they are supposed to.
Gosh, so many metaphors in this one. I hope your sunshine’s warmth is right around the corner if you haven’t met it already. I hope you can manifest what kind of luck and aligned stars might be a part your story for you. …and I hope one day you find that four-leaf clover. I’d love to hear where your mind and heart are looking this season! Maybe it’s a big job move, maybe it’s a cross-country move. Maybe it’s personal health and wellness.
Either way, I’m rooting for you!
