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The sentence I landed on was from the book Girl Wash Your Face By: Rachel Hollis The sentence was – Different isn’t unique to them; different is their normal Title: If People Were Flowers Like flowers in a field, different types, colors, sizes and shapes they all serve different purposes They dance in the wind Breathe in the fresh air Absorb the fresh water clouds and Earth has to offer They are best friends with many creatures and humans alike Sometimes the flowers can be perky and lively Other times sad and towards the end of their life, but hopefully only for the season Some take in the flowers beauty and purpose more than others Flowers are sometimes just there to take in and appreciate Maybe they brighten someone’s day Maybe they mean nothing to some people and go unnoticed They are just there and serve no real purpose, expensive, and hard to upkeep Humans are a lot like flowers If you are able to respect, appreciate them, help them grow maybe we can all grow together To flowers they are all the same there is no hate casted to the flower next to them Maybe they even share their water or assist the other’s growth in some way To them different isn’t unique to them; different is their normal This is how they create beauty, unity, and growth on Earth
Book-as-oracle produced some magic for you, Jennifer, so topical. My fave: "Maybe they even share their water" --because water is THE source of life, THE foundational life-saving, life-giving, life-keeping thing, plus it's symbolical of emotions, so there's that extra resonance. To share one's water must be the greatest generosity, especially (literally) out where I live, in the West, where water is scarce.
Flowers are sometimes just there to take in and appreciate
I like this thought! I think we humans create a lot of extra anxiety for ourselves from needing to attach 'productivity' and 'usefulness' to as many things as possible. But taking moments to simply appreciate is such a gift that flowers can give us if we let them. Lovely!
Thank you both for the insight! A wonderful point about water and sharing. Also about being present and thankful for nature.
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