Recently my youngest daughter started taking a tumbling class. On the way home, I noticed a rock-filled field full of wild sunflowers blooming very cheerfully. I don't think anyone planted them.
The flowers are growing in one of those ugly fields next to an industrial-type building with no landscaping or anything. What you need to especially understand is that these sunflowers have had next to no water for this entire hot summer. We had exactly one rainstorm in August that gave us about 1/2 inch of rain. That was it for all of June, July, and August with highs in the 90's or even 100 most of those days.
But somehow these sunflowers have not only grown but blossomed and thrived despite having almost no water and a serious lack of fertile soil. They are truly resilient flowers.
It's a good lesson for me as I think about the adversity I face and will face in the future. How can I be more resilient and teach my children resilience?
The flowers are growing in one of those ugly fields next to an industrial-type building with no landscaping or anything. What you need to especially understand is that these sunflowers have had next to no water for this entire hot summer. We had exactly one rainstorm in August that gave us about 1/2 inch of rain. That was it for all of June, July, and August with highs in the 90's or even 100 most of those days.
But somehow these sunflowers have not only grown but blossomed and thrived despite having almost no water and a serious lack of fertile soil. They are truly resilient flowers.
It's a good lesson for me as I think about the adversity I face and will face in the future. How can I be more resilient and teach my children resilience?
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