I'm sure that we have all heard the question, "Which is your favorite season?" My answer is, "The one I'm in!" With that in mind, I'd like to share some thoughts and pictures on one part of this great season — flowers.
Flowers are some of the first plants to emerge in the spring, often extending their blooms through the slowing melting snow. There seems to be no limit to the variety of colors, shapes, and sizes. When they grow together, they can transform a meadow or hillside into a masterpiece of many colors.
I like to get up close and personal with flowers. The shapes, textures, and shades of color work together to create such exquisite beauty in each one that its amazing to me. Most flowers seem so delicate, yet they have power enough to break rocks by simply growing up through small cracks. John Denver's song, The Flower That Shattered the Stone attests to their strength. He compares that strength to the love of children in the second half of the chorus which says:
In the hearts of the children
A pure love still grows
Like a bright star in heaven
Like the flower that shattered the stone."
People have used flowers as symbols of their love for one another for ages. They are given at births. Weddings, funerals and a thousand other occasions between. Mark Twain used a flower as a definition of forgiveness which, to me, is part of unconditional love. He said, "Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that crushed it."
As we go about our daily activities, lets be aware of the many different flowers which grow around us. Remember to consider their beauty and power as symbols of love. Take time to stop, look real closely at, and yes — smell the roses — along with all the other flowers!
Flowers are some of the first plants to emerge in the spring, often extending their blooms through the slowing melting snow. There seems to be no limit to the variety of colors, shapes, and sizes. When they grow together, they can transform a meadow or hillside into a masterpiece of many colors.
I like to get up close and personal with flowers. The shapes, textures, and shades of color work together to create such exquisite beauty in each one that its amazing to me. Most flowers seem so delicate, yet they have power enough to break rocks by simply growing up through small cracks. John Denver's song, The Flower That Shattered the Stone attests to their strength. He compares that strength to the love of children in the second half of the chorus which says:
In the hearts of the children
A pure love still grows
Like a bright star in heaven
Like the flower that shattered the stone."
As we go about our daily activities, lets be aware of the many different flowers which grow around us. Remember to consider their beauty and power as symbols of love. Take time to stop, look real closely at, and yes — smell the roses — along with all the other flowers!
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