It does make a difference what you call things.
—Kate Douglas Wiggin
Most of us think of dandelions as weeds. We buy special tools
and poisons when they crop up and complain about them as
surely as we welcome the spring that brings them. Yet is there
anything more lovely than a sea of yellow dandelions by the
side of the road in June? Or as remarkable in transformation
as the filaments of the mature dandelion blowing on the wind?
Sometimes we let someone else define for us what are weeds
and what are flowers. We don't have to. Much of the beauty of
the world is that we ourselves decide what is beautiful according
to our own feelings. How lucky we are that, when we choose to,
we can open our eyes and see!
Can I see the beauty in those around me right now?
2 comments:
Sometimes it can indeed be so difficult to look past the exterior. What a beautiful reminder!
And as a mama, I love LOVE getting a fist full of those yellow "flowers"!
Wow, Mel! I love this TFTD!
"Sometimes we let someone else define for us what are weeds
and what are flowers. We don't have to. Much of the beauty of
the world is that we ourselves decide what is beautiful according
to our own feelings."
A-MEN!!!!!
Love the analogy to dandelions. And personally, I think they're beautiful - both in their yellow state AND the filaments.
Reminds me of when I was a kid and would blow them across the lawn during the summer months. What FUN!
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