Purple flowers reign in the rain garden this week. Each group of perennial flowers seems to have its time to shine in front garden and the batch of purple flowers, (I cannot remember the name) are ready to lead the beauty show. Flowers for every season, except winter are on display, some early in spring, some in summer and some wait to fall.

Life is like that at times. We all get our time to shine, some more than others, some in big ways and many in little ways. However there is a time for all of us to shine, meet a challenge or just be persistent. When our time comes we need to be ready or we can miss our opportunities. We get ready by being available with our time and presence. A phone call we make can brighten a life or one made to us can do the same for us. In each and every moment there is a depth of experience, be it joy or sadness, laughter or crying, smiling or frowning and seeing or hearing.

We can learn from the purple flowers how to get the most out of each moment. The flowers act according to their nature, what is deep inside of their genetic code. We too can respond to our true nature, deep down in us.

The perennial flowers renew themselves each year. They grow where they are planted and flourish where they are at. The flowers are not looking for other place but grow and expand where they are planted.

Often we are looking for something beyond us when the prize is already present, if we can only see it. We wait for some authority to say it is okay. We are the purple flowers with our moment in the sun.

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