When plants teach us what relationships need

There are moments when life shows us something in a very quiet way.
Not through words, not through events, but through a subtle whisper of nature.

I recently observed two plants standing together in a pot at home:
an older aralia that had retreated, had become bare, seemed almost resigned –
and a young ivy that I had placed by its side as a “friend”.

What happened next was like a small miracle.

The aralia began to sprout.
Buds formed on all the bare spots, fresh green, new life.
It came back to life, like a soul finally receiving a response.

The ivy, on the other hand, became weaker.
Its green faded, the energy drained out of it, and after a few weeks it was exhausted.