Stand Tall Like the Sunflower

I find it humorous sometimes that even the most mundane occurrences can have an impact in our awareness.

My wife, daughter, and I moved into our home nine years ago and we spent a lot of time and energy in the yard to get it looking like it does today. We live on a corner, higher than street level, and the entire side of the yard in encased by a professionally built rock wall. The front of the house though is another story because instead of a wall along the sidewalk the rocks appear to be just thrown up onto the dirt as if someone were in a hurry to finish.

We did the best we could with what we had to work with and called this area our ‘rock garden’. Whenever we had left over flowers or plants, Denise or I would stick them out front, just to bring some color to the area.

I still do all of my own yard work, even the dreaded weed-pulling. After putting on my knee pads I assume the position to clear the yard of weeds, even in the rock garden.

Last summer I had reached the end of the rock garden and found a tiny little plant that I could not immediately identify. I knew I didn’t plant it and Denise claimed that she didn’t either. We decided to let it continue growing until we could figure out what it was.

Weeks passed and as I made my way back to the mystery plant, it appeared to be a Sunflower. It was spindly looking with a tall skinny stalk and only one head on it. I decided to baby it along and weed around it. As I pulled rocks from the area to get to the weeds, I noticed something unusual. The Sunflower had not started where I saw the stalk begin. It actually had begun under a big rock and grown under and around it to reach the sun.

That’s when I realized that if a tiny little Sunflower didn’t let a big rock stand it its way of developing, we too have the capability of doing the same thing. Once our environment begins to see that we believe in ourselves like that little Sunflower, we can attain the same nourishment and nurturing as well.

First, we need to believe in ourselves knowing we have the capabilities in achieving our desires. Like the Sunflower, it knew it had the capability to overcome its obstacle because it trusted in the Universal Truth and had faith it would succeed.

Stand tall like the Sunflower and be proud of who and what you are and the environment will begin to support you. You will find a way to go under or around your big obstacle in order to reach your desires.

In This Corner.....

Sometimes our existence can seem like a spectacular boxing match--the Main Event. It can either just be starting or has been on-going for quite some time. Let’s illustrate.

In this corner, weighing in with the weight of the world, and always looking for a challenger—LIFE. Its opponent, always looking for a fight, a struggle, making things worse than what they are, is—YOU.

For you see, we become our own opponent, our own challenger. Your perspective is what makes it feel like a boxing match inside you. Let’s not turn against ourselves. Let’s not become our own opponent. OK, in essence get out of your own way. Rely more on the universal nature to be your inner guidance.

Fore I say unto you, the more you keep attending your own boxing match and do not follow the Spirit within, you will never feel you are the Champ, or peace within yourself. So my children don’t be a boxer and beat yourself up.