When It’s Time to Let Go: The Wisdom of the Withering Vine
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been watching a sugar watermelon grow on a vine in my neighbour’s yard. After a storm, it appeared—vibrant and full of promise. I felt deeply connected to it, sensing that its quiet growth mirrored my own.
But recently, something changed.
The watermelon began to soften. Parts of it started to mature. It hadn’t been picked. It was no longer being nourished. And in that, I felt something land in me:
This is what happens when we stay too long.
As heart-centered entrepreneurs, we often pour ourselves into our work, relationships, offers, and living circumstances. We stay because we care. We stay because we want to make it work. We stay because letting go can feel like giving up.
But what if letting go is actually an act of love?
What if it’s not failure—it’s fruit completing its purpose?
The sugar melon taught me that staying beyond ripeness leads to decay—not just for the fruit, but for the energy around it. And that’s true in business too.
We can feel this in:
Offers that once felt aligned but now feel heavy.
Client relationships that drain rather than inspire.
Living or working spaces that no longer nourish us.
Habits or structures that used to support us but now keep us small.
Here’s the part that felt like magic:
Right after I reflected on this symbolism, I received a message that confirmed it was time to move. I didn’t have to force a thing. Life simply opened the next door.
When we honor the truth—when we say, this is no longer feeding my growth—life will respond. Gently, sometimes urgently, always clearly.
So here’s my invitation to you:
What in your business (or life) has reached its ripeness?
What feels like it’s starting to rot—not because it was bad, but because it’s done?
What are you being lovingly asked to release?
Letting go isn’t always easy. But neither is holding on to what no longer supports you.
May you trust the timing of your own vine.
May you release with grace.
And may the next season of your business—and your becoming—be even more aligned with who you are now.