Someone has been rummaging around in my sunflower patch, resulting in several broken stems.The breaks in the stems seem high for deer. Do squirrels run up to the stalks and.... Do what? The flowers are just now blooming; they haven't gone to seed.I'm cutting the broken stems and now have several lovely sunflower bouquets sitting in the kitchen.
Sometimes, even though we are growing lovely qualities of thoughtfulness, generosity, and kindness, we are met with resistance, hurt, irritation, even anger.
It's hard not to "catch" the other person's frustration or blame. Our challenge is to have an appropriate response--of kindness, despite feeling at odds. Responding with kindness alongside the broken beauty that we had intended.
After the hurt, we can still gather a bouquet and offer it--to ourselves, to the other person, or any other person, in generosity.
You may have sunflower stem borer. Split a broken stem longwise and look inside.
ReplyDeleteWe can learn much from the broken beauty in our garden.