My co-worker received a beautiful bouquet of flowers this past week. Initially, the flowers were closed, but the beauty was still evident as well as confirmed by the passerby's. Their ooooo's and ahhhh's let me know that they weren't observing the natural beauty of the flower, but rather what they saw from a distance. What was interesting as well was the fact that the passerby's were more concerned with who possessed them and who purchased them opposed to the flower itself. The flower was alive, not dead and amazingly it was looking for an opportunity to reveal it's inner beauty. Compliments can't make it grow neither can ooooo's and ahhh's. That's good for the person that is in possession of the flower, but what about the flower? In the right environment and in the presence of those that understand that beauty lies within...that individual will be able to readily meet the true needs of the flower. This is more than oooo's and ahhh's, it's being able to release the closed areas within the flower. Well back to my co-worker's flowers...I took my eyes off the flower for a moment and to my amazment, the flowers that were once closed were now open! This gave me the opportunity to see within the flower. I saw things I've never seen, the extension of it's petals and the illustrious colors within. I said that to say this: people are like flowers....folks often see the outside and are quick to comment on how "fine" and "sexy" she is or how "tall dark and handsome"he is....never realizing that there are areas in their life that are closed off, shut down or undeveloped. We are more than physical specimens with incredible anatomy...we have a soul and spirit....where my co-worker and I sat was directly under a light...the flower was purchased at the right time and positioned on the desk at the right place to receive the exact amount of light needed to cause it to open...if the people we have surrounded ourselves with can't cause a self discovery of sorts or help us bring out the beauty within, it may be time for us to change our circle #Beauty on the inside
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