Flowers remain fragile but fragrant and fresh for a while.
Their transitoriness is a symbol to us.
They give us a mission to live for. Flowers bring completeness to an occasion, whether it is a wedding, funeral, birthday, anniversary, meeting, etc.
We are reminded of the transitoriness of life, but the abundance of aroma as long as they are fresh and fragrant.
Life is to be lived like that. How terrible it is if 'salt has lost its saltiness'!
I often think about the aroma of life! Life is to be lived as an offering to others and not as an indulgence in acquisition or possession of everything that shall soon fade away.
The other day, when I spilled hot milk on my leg and blistered a large area on my one leg, I it became another source of pain, apart from the multiple joints which remained painful for a while now. For older person pain becomes a companion. One was resist it or welcome it and develop a conversation with one's body.
Fragile flower and fragile body! But both can bring fragrance to others. The decay or pain shall not threaten or diminish this function.
M.C.Mathew(text and photo)
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