I haven't planted seeds before because I am not a very patient person and waiting for the little green shoots to increase over the bottom was just too much for me. However, this year, I thought I would give it a try. I thought it would be a good metaphor for me to plant something and watch it grow, much as I have many times, planted thoughts, goals and affirmations and saw many of them become a reality.
, therefore in the Spring of this year, I planted my garden. I selected many types of flowers and among them, Morning Glories. In a month, many of the other flowers were bursting through the earth, but not the Morning Glories.
Every day I'd run outside to check on them and nothing, nothing for many months more. I was about to give up on them. I was confident that they simply did not 'take' as they say. Then one day, it happened! They'd broken through the earth and were just starting to increase. And climb and climb and climb they did...with their large beautiful heart-shaped leaves.
And so the saga continued, nothing for weeks and weeks and weeks but more and more lovely leaves. And I thought to myself, "Well, leaves are nice, but that's all I shall probably get at this point." And the other excellent and glorious morning, there it was, the most delightful sky blue Morning Glory Flower Pictures I have ever seen!!! It seemed like a miracle to me. I'd waited over 3 months with this one fine, funnel shaped blossom showing up now here it was, in all its splendor.
It reminded me of just how many times I'd waited in life for something I'd longed for and how incredible it felt when it finally arrived and also how many times, that I'd wanted to give in and just quit.
But I wasn't prepared for what was to happen next with these small flowers and I was amazed and deeply saddened by it.
Roses and geraniums and daisies and most other flowers bloom and stay around for a while but not Morning Glory Flower Seeds. Morning Glories open themselves up to the world, each morning, in their glory, hence the name Morning Glory.
And if you look carefully at them, you will see how amazing they're both in colour and texture and that within their center is a type of golden light that shines from within.
But here is the tough part...
By the end of the day, they change a most delightful colour of lavender, then close-up, wither and die. They live for only one day and then they are gone. I can't tell you how much this saddened me and what a profound impact this little flower had upon my entire life. I kept thinking how sad to be this beautiful and live for just one-day. And I suddenly understood what a gift these were.
You understand it does not matter how long your life is. It just matters that you were here, in all of your glory, that you opened up entirely and let your light shine and that you brought delight to those who came into contact with you. That is what matters to the Morning Glory Seed which is what really matters to all of us.
The morning glories make me enjoy every new day now, in a way I did not before. Each night I go and visit with them understanding those specific ones won't be here tomorrow, new ones will take their place. If we all knew when we woke up in the morning, that we just had that one-day to really live, life would be very different indeed for a lot people.
Now, every morning I give thanks that I have been given the gift of another day in all its glory. We can learn from all of life if we all remain open to the beauty that's all around us. And character can really be one of our best teachers.
What a deep lesson from such a simple flower.
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