Have you ever felt as though the challenges in your present life were insurmountable? Have you felt as though the obstacles between you and your goals were too great to overcome? Did you think you would gladly embrace change in your life, if only you could see where to begin?
The answers you seek may be found in a flower.
Think of it, for a moment. All of the limiting thoughts set out above are no more true for you than they are for any single flower that must push its way up through the earth in order to grow; the only difference is, humans allow these thoughts to hold them back. No flower does that.
A seed holds one goal in its entire being -- to sprout. Once that happens, the sprout holds only one goal in its entire being -- to grow toward the light. It pushes itself forward, up through the earth, not able to see where it is going as it is doing so. If you have ever felt your obstacles were too great to achieving your authentic life, imagine what it must feel like for the flower who must move up through the earth itself. The sprout's single focus is fixed only upon what it must do next -- rise to the light. It focuses upon that and nothing else. It does not fear that it will not make it; it does not consider that its efforts to grow might fail. The human equivalent of this process is called putting one foot in front of the other, even when we are uncertain about how we will ultimately reach our destination.
Once the sprout breaks through the earth and feels sunlight, it holds only one goal in its entire being -- to blossom. It will draw upon every resource available to it -- light, water, soil, even the help of insects it cannot see or know -- to enable it to burst into bloom. Even when the sprout has become a beautiful flower, it does not rest. The flower holds only one goal in its entire being -- to go to seed and reproduce. Only after this entire process has been completed, when all of its life goals have been achieved, does the flower begin to rest, droop, and eventually give itself over to the next phase of the process -- becoming nourishment for the soil so that the next generation of flowers will be able to grow also.
If only human beings could embrace the lessons of the simplest flower, we would all lead much more productive (and less frustrating) lives and the world would be a much better place in which to live.
Check out our article titled Stop, Look, & Listen for your Lessons in Life.
