Mullein & Support
Mullein invites individual communication, and highly encourages one to take a seat in order to receive her medicine. Please check your conditions prior to consumption to avoid interactions with medications or may cause harm (formally called contraindications).
She does not desire you to harm yourself in order to reach her, and she will not be stopped by your inability to consume from her body. She is always reachable and has plenty to say.
Honey is not needed, I am not that bitter.
I liken Mullein to having your grandmother providing confident truths while kissing your crown and assuring you it will all be okay. There is an edge but she is not bitter. And as for the edge…
How do you support others?
You can do nothing about the fates people accept for themselves; pull back, rest, and stop playin captain save-a-hoe.
People lose themselves all the time, don't let them spiral but remember sometimes one needs to lose themselves to find themselves (and its not your place to impede upon that).
What help are you used to giving? Is there a way that you can provide support without taxing yourself so deeply, and evading feeling personally responsible for the ways that others mismanage themselves? Does continuously propping them up prevent them from growing strong enough to stand on their own?
Where you meet yourself is in wandering.
Be aware that these answers can change from person to person, from interaction to interaction, from aid to aid. You are not equally equipped to handle any and all concerns that come your way at all moments of the day, that's ok.
Provide where you can, deny what you cannot. It is okay if you cannot pull someone back from the cliff they are on, it's not your fault.
How do you support yourself?
You're only as overwhelmed as you let yourself be, that is determine how you interact with the world and which parts aren't working for you. Set firm boundaries around that - it can look like news diets or no social media after a certain time.
Clear the queue and begin again
Peace is not granted, it is created; especially in hard, unforgiving times.
Learn to forgive yourself for the mistakes you've made as well as for the ways you've mistreated yourself.
In a very literal turn, Mullein emphasizes that there are grounds upon which you are capable of interacting. It is the establishment of these grounds that brings about the foundations that will provide support for your continued building of your empire.
Overwhelming yourself with work, tasks, etc does not help in maintaining your goals. It only wears you thin, worrying about missed deadlines. Take a breath, reevaluate the queue and remove the non-essentials. Slowly add in what is manageable. Berate not, the mistakes have been made and the only thing wrong here is not correcting it.
This is part of the creation of internally driven peace; know what you can and cannot do.
How do you let yourself be supported? (Mutual support)
People are successful through their counterparts. NO single person has the world but does all the work.
Invest in accountability partners, they are very helpful for many stretches of road in life.
(perhaps they have already crossed on hurdle you're facing or maybe they have some coping mechanisms for a shared problem that you could use, it could be that what did not work for them DOES work for you)
Ultimately, it is the power of support that brings the courage to move forward graciously and generously.
My personal thoughts are that, Mullein truly is grandmotherly but still very honest. At the core of these messages is finding support. Some of these greatly do not sound like it but that's not the case. It's about counterbalancing the strains of life and honestly, the unrealistic expectations stacked up against you.
Blessings.
From the Lemon Tree