The Year of the Cucumbers

The hills of Sosúa. Photo by Ms Kimberly

I planted a test garden this season.

It was going to be beautiful. Balanced. Diverse.

Cucumbers. Lettuce. Snap peas. Beans. Onions.

I imagined abundance. A thriving ecosystem. A metaphor for my life.

What I got?

Cucumbers.

Just cucumbers.

The lettuce faded politely. The snap peas gave up with dignity. The beans… tried. The onions never really committed.

But the cucumbers?

They said, “We live here now.”

They stretch. They climb. They grab onto anything remotely vertical. They have ambition. They have vision. They have absolutely no concern for my original layout plan.

Apparently, in the hills of the Dominican Republic, cucumbers are the chosen ones.

At first, I felt slightly betrayed. I watered everyone equally. I believed in them all. I had Pinterest-level hopes.

But the soil had other ideas.

And maybe that’s the lesson.

Not everything you plant is meant to thrive in every season. Not every idea becomes a program. Not every workshop concept becomes a circle. Not every seed becomes a story.

But something always grows.

And sometimes, it’s the thing with the most reach.

The cucumbers didn’t ask for perfection. They just climbed.

There’s something very Metamorphosis GCA about that.

Growth. Change. Action.

No drama. Just upward movement.

So now, instead of mourning my symmetrical garden dreams, I am building a trellis. I am adjusting expectations. I am embracing the cucumber era.

Radical positive change may not look like a full harvest every time. Sometimes it looks like one stubborn, joyful vine saying, “Watch me.”

What in your life is the cucumber?

What keeps growing, even when everything else quietly steps aside?

Tend that. Support that. Let it climb.

At Metamorphosis GCA, we’re learning to cultivate what actually takes root. We are a collective of healers, artists, and educators committed to radical positive change. We believe that internal peace creates external peace — and that every connection sends ripples outward.

If something in you is climbing, come share it.

Explore the website. Bring your gifts. Join the conversation in the community space.

Apparently, it only takes one good vine to start something.

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