Clothed in Care
Slow down and really consider the beauty of the flowers today — Life clothes them, and Life will deeply care for us. There is a quiet wisdom in the way flowers live. They do not rush toward blooming, nor do they strive to be seen. They do not worry about how they will appear to the world or whether they will be noticed. They grow according to the rhythm of light, of soil, of rain. And when their moment comes, they do not hold back. They open. Perhaps one of the most healing things we can do for ourselves in this fast and fractured world is to take the time to truly see them. Not glance. Not admire in passing. But really see. To stoop down and behold the soft folding of a petal, the secret world held within its colors, the dance between fragility and strength. When we do this, something in us changes. A different part of us begins to awaken—one that remembers slowness, that feels wonder again, that does not need to produce in order to belong. The flowers remind us that there is an anc...
