“Beside a withering flower is a bud about to bloom. Many seeds remain after a flower dies. How similar to a flower is life.” - Hoshino Tomihiro
I went to Blue Mounds State Park over the first weekend in October and saw this saying inscribed in a rock. The first thing I thought of was this caterpillar on the Saturday that I was there and was going to talk about that originally. But my mind kept going back to my friend.
I have a friend that lost his fiancé on October 8, 2016. I don’t know a lot about her, but from what he’s told me and what I’ve seen on Facebook, she had an astounding love for life. She was the sunshine that would break any cloudy day.
Her smile looked infectious. She loved camping and kayaking. From the looks of it, she wasn’t afraid of anything. She took on a mom role for his kids and did amazingly well because of this post I saw on Facebook, her love for music transferred to his daughter.
Now to explain why the quote is fitting. She not only planted a seed in everyone she met, but she also donated her body to science to do further research on organ transplant patients. That was the big seed she planted that will continue to grow as more research is done. That is her flower.
I think we all could strive to be more like her. Love the life that we have for as long as we have. Not be afraid to try new things. And as the sun rises and sun sets each day to know that whatever happened that day, good or bad, was meant to happen for a reason. Life is too short to not live outside your comfort zone. Live your life the way you want and don’t let anything change that idea.
