How to deal with a personal crisis? Lessons from a Jacaranda

It is common to hear in any circle the word "crisis? and its impact on the country's life and that of each person. By observing the behavior of markets, stock exchanges, salaries, etc.., It is clear that there is no easy solution or short term, and in this context one day I found a Jacaranda tree (Jacaranda mimosifolia) who gave me a Lessons for this time of social and personal crisis. In several countries of Latin America, the jacarandas (Jacaranda, jacaranda or gualanday) provide an annual gift to the places where they grow, with its beautiful flowers in shades of purple, as well as the medicinal uses of the leaves, which the cook has an antiseptic effect and antibacterial. The bark is astringent, but not at doses that support industrial use (1). This time, their growth pattern also gives us an example of how to face difficult times. In one street south of Mexico City was a young jacaranda, as many trees (and like all humans), growing under the conditions that had "touched?. One day I noticed in passing that the jacaranda and a tree which was next to him had been cut to its base.

Few months have passed since that day, and recently I noticed that the jacaranda still have a few small buds. As you can see in the picture, this scene made me move the current state of that tree to that of any individual person, and this has inspired this article.

How many times have we struggled to achieve some goal, be it a business, a loving and united family or a job position, only to discover that things were as they had hoped. How would an average person? Making a very simple calculation, I think the jacaranda photo no more than ten years old when it was cut so legitimately agree that people probably planted. What would a person who is fired from her job after ten years of service? Does the term of a marriage after ten years of marriage? The nature of the jacaranda is to maintain life, keep sprouting, no matter how long you've been living or what he has done so far. Every time I find new shoots, tender, small, I see the momentum of this tree to live another day, perhaps because on this day to be given no hope and to live ... or perhaps tomorrow. In any case, it is worth all the pain to keep trying to exhaust all his remaining strength. In my psychotherapy practice I see how many people need this momentum to get out of depression or loss of a loved one, and I hope these few lines will help to keep looking for life options so that one day flourish again.

What happened to the tree that was cut with the jacaranda? He died several weeks ago (although it tried to live), so the title of this article is for those who today still looking into the sky without losing hope. Notes (1) Miniature Photo Jacaranda tree and some texts were extracted from: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacaranda The author has published other articles on your site brief psychotherapy body humanistic approach, and offers services in Mexico City.