Heroes Not Zombies

I love to see a flower bud opening up, unfurling to reveal their beautiful petals. At first the tight little bud gives only a hint of the colours which will be revealed, then as the petals begin to unfold the potential becomes the actual.

Every single creature on Earth goes through these stages, becoming, and revealing, their uniqueness as they open up, as they flourish.

In French the word is épanouissement. Such a beautiful word. The blossoming, the flourishing, the maturing, the becoming what was always possible.

Isn’t this a core feature of Life? That we each change continuously but not randomly throughout our entire lives, revealing every year another previously hidden potential?

Every day you and I become the unique individuals that only you and I can be. We are born with tightly wrapped potentials folded deep inside and live the rest of our lives opening them up and revealing them.

At least that’s how it’s supposed to be. Any gardener will tell you that to enable a plant to truly flourish takes care, attention and nurture. It’s the same for we humans. Every little baby needs care and attention. Every little child has to be nurtured.

So there’s a lesson there, isn’t there? The more we care for, the more we attend to, and nurture Life, the more we are rewarded with the beauty and wonder of living.