The Possibility for Growth is all Around Us

By Adam Hartzell, SouthLight CEO

There is a beautiful leafy green oak tree outside my window.  A few years ago, during a violent storm, it lost a large limb causing a large gash down its trunk. I have watched over the months as it leaked sap, then slowly began to repair its bark.  

Last spring, a few new shoots started to appear near the scar. This year, these little shoots are limbs growing outwards and developing more and more leaves. Where the old limb once grew, the new limbs have created a perch from which a squirrel family now appears to be building a nest.  

We live. We suffer setbacks. We heal. We grow. Sometimes, we even bloom!

Nature provides a lesson learned in how we develop as whole people.  We prepare, we experience, we overcome challenges. Then we learn, grow and develop new abilities.  

How will a pandemic help us grow? What have you experienced that will help you thrive in the coming year?   

SouthLight’s spring campaign is “Bloom where you are!”  With a little sun, water and soil, we nurture the possibilities and reach upwards.  Whether from a seed, or a scar, the possibility for growth is around us.

SouthLight is a place where healing is possible and where opportunity is ahead!

Together, we grow. 

About SouthLight:

Adam Hartzell is the CEO at SouthLight Healthcare, one of North Carolina’s largest nonprofit providers of substance use treatment and mental health services. SouthLight partners with individuals and communities to provide innovative treatment solutions delivered with compassion and dignity. With outpatient and community-based programs, SouthLight provides prevention, education and treatment services in the Triangle and beyond.