Apparently, you should repot your indoor plants every 2 years.
For ours, it had been 3 years.
So as we pulled all of our plants out of their pots this weekend (we repotted every plant in the house!), we saw how the roots had swarmed and sprawled to the edges of their pots. The poor things were starving more space and soil.
I couldn’t help but see the metaphor for our own journeys. We’re always growing and changing, and eventually we outgrow the pot we’re in and require a change. That change can be stressful, and selecting the right sized pot and right type of soil is critical.