Sunflowers don't grow backward. I've never seen the head of a flower buried in the earth with its roots turned up facing the sun. And you know what... I don't believe that I ever will. Plants can't grow with their heads in the soil. Roots don't thrive in the open air they need to seep deep into the ground, where they can absorb nutrients to blossom into gorgeous flowers. I'm sure that it must be hard to work down there for them. Pressing through mud and sliding under rocks, easing past weeds and insects while simultaneously maintaining their grip on the soil as they plunge deeper and deeper.
Yet, all that we see is the end result of the seed that was planted. And what follows after its arrival into the ground such as the rain, then scorching heat followed by wind and cold, ice and snow and then more rain.
Until one fateful spring day, the flower unfolds and people take notice of the impact it makes in the world. Suddenly, there was beauty and color everywhere they looked. Even the smell of the air was different. perfumed by the sweet nectar flowing out where the bees yearn to lounge. And here it is crucial to NOTE that all of the external effects of this plant started from the internal. And we do absolutely need the internal workings, it would, however, have done no good if that is where it all stopped.
You see, the flower had to get outside of itself to grow into its best self. To impact the world, to influence the air, add beauty, make someone feel loved or remembered. Flowers understand that when they come out of themselves they're taking a dire risk. For example, they could get smashed under the feet of a running child, lawn moored by a dad, eaten by a dog, picked by a gardener to be sold at a farmers' market and finally discarded once dried up. Still, they blossom anyway strong and every bit beautiful. And they serve their purpose no matter what the outcome. Their purpose is not wasted or lost.
Life is uncertain and that is certain. Yet, we do have a purpose for being and that purpose is greater exponentially greater than that of a flowering plant. Though it often gets wasted, because we are too intimidated to get outside of ourselves. For us, the soil represents our minds -you know that inner self that no one really knows but you and God.-I heard someone say that" We must not be chronic thinkers, living inside of our minds while in reality, nothing is being manifested." Jim Rohn said, "An idea without action is stillborn." Get out of your head and GO DO. Make those good ideas into reality. Be like a flower and BLOOM anyway. Bring value and beauty into the world around you. Serve your purpose and become.
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