Have you ever thought that you were like a flower? Think about it now. That you were 'planted' from a seed and 'fertilized' and 'watered' until you poked through....and BECAME!
And then you were this spindley little 'twig' that was smaller than everyone else in the garden. But you knew that if you kept getting nourished and watered.....that one day you would get buds....and then after a time...you would become this beautiful, beautiful flower too.
You would have the most gorgeous colors and intricate patterns on your soft, velvety petals. And your fragrance would leave whomever got near to you, drunk with your essence. You would finally bloom and be admired and be sought after by many. There would be others like you.....but none exactly as you are.
The 'bees' would come and stop to drink from your core and pass on the best parts of you to make another flower, another day, in another place. In someone else's garden.
One day, someone may 'pick' you and put you in a vase with the other beautiful flowers....to be enjoyed and looked at and seen by others who may visit.
Then one day, your beauty would start to fade....your scent would not be as potent as it once was. There are other beautiful flowers growing in your garden now. Little buds that will grow into beauties too. They will have their turn at being beautiful. It is their time now.
Finally, it would be time to die. But don't be sad....because the best part of you did live on....in the other beautiful flowers that were made possible by the sharing of yourself.
The Bible says it best....Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
"To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven. A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; A time to kill, and a time to heal; A time to break down, and a time to build up; A time to weep, and a time to laugh; A time to mourn, and a time to dance; A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; A time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; A time to get, and a time to lose; A time to keep, and a time to cast away; A time to rend, and a time to sew; A time to keep silence, and a time to speak; A time to love, and a time to hate; A time of war, and a time of peace. A time to live and a time to die."
It is all part of the beautiful bouquet of Life. We are all part of this beautiful bouquet. You are......they are....I am.......Enjoy your time!
