The apple experiment

Here, I am back with my blog post and my passion for storytelling.

This Sunday, I went to the Apple Fair at the Botanic Garden in Cambridge with my friend Oliver, who is an expert on apples and motivated me to discover the world of apples.

Apples in England are like mangoes in Venezuela  so abundant that many go to waste. Nevertheless, it is a fruit I used to find quite boring… until I went to this fair. I never imagined how many different kinds of apples existed the variety, the flavours, the wow smell!

Oliver created a startup that combines drone technology to help farmers collect data efficiently. That’s how I started to learn more about apples, since his field was apple farming. We tried more than 20 types of apples. I was choosing my favorites when Oliver said, “Heeeey, wait! Don’t decide too quickly,  there are more to try!”

After trying them all, my favorite apples did not change  but my opinion about apples definitely did. What a limited belief I had! Once again, I was reminded how our opinions and perspectives are often limited by our own experiences, whether about a fruit, a person, or a place.

When I arrived home, my bag had this unique, wonderful smell from one of the apple varieties. It made me reflect on a few things:

-As always: go and explore more nature and stay curious about everything in your surrender. Maybe just out there is the answer... and maybe the answers that we are looking in books is out there in nature too?

- The abundance can make people overlook value, example apples in the UK.  It is a reminder that when something is easily available, we often forget to appreciate it. This could happen with a parthener, friends, money, fruits...

- Thinking apples were boring wasn’t wrong,  it was just incomplete. The same happens with people, cultures, or ideas. When we broaden our experience, our judgments soften and our understanding deepens. How open are you? How curious? How your judge limit you experience in this life?

- Growth often comes not from certainty but from tasting, testing, and exploring, even when we already “know what we like”... There is a possibility to discovery new version of ourself.

As always Be present, explore and be curious even in the monotony.

Share your thoughts, remember that we co-create together this space and as a Coach I will always invite to reflect...

In which area of your life are you so fixed minded that it prevents you from seeing other perspectives? Have you been judging people based on certain experiences? Can you invite yourself to see others more openly? What if you have only encountered a tiny part of those people world or even your own self… what if? ...

PD: Looking for friends to explore pumpkins...

Thanks,

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