Saturday, May 14, 2005
Pink Flowers
I have these beautiful pink flowers called primrose, that have spread enormously across my flower bed. My sister gave me a small lot of them to transplant several years ago and now they are everywhere. They bloom all summer long and are maintence free. I have transplanted them to other areas without any difficulty. My sister stopped by the other day and was amazed at their growth and told how her primrose had died. She believes this is due to frequent digging around the plants thus causing the roots to die. Pink flowers and life. If we keep loosening our foundation of life we lose our roots to live. Example: too little time spent talking with our children about their life, too little time spent teaching life lessons, too little time spent being there, available, too little time listening, too little time looking them in the eyes to see, too little time reaching out, too few discussions around the dinner table, too much time spent away from home, too little known about what is on their agenda. Too little spells loose soil that causes the dirt to pull away from the roots thus killing the life of the pink flowers. Even though this is a hardy plant, my sister was able to kill hers over time because the root system became disturbed too many times. Same with life. We keep digging away, shuffling here and there. Demands from involvement in too many things and soon our family is dead. There isn't a strong enough root system to last when the water doesn't come. Life has droughts, rain storms, hail damage and strong winds. My primrose is flourishing reaching the far corners of my bed. I did not purchase the plants. I simply dug a hole, planted, and watered. Am I raising children who can still be standing when life hits them hard? I am teaching them to reach down deep to follow their heart? Am I giving them what they need to be stronger each day? Are they so sure of right and wrong they can bloom under pressure? I cannot keep pulling them up, changing my position, shuffling around, digging here and there. I planted pink flowers several years ago and they are blooming today.
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