"Where flowers bloom so does hope." ~ Lady Bird Johnson
Hear more of what Lady Bird said (at the Annual Convention of the Associated Press Managing Editors Association in 1965):
"When I go into the poorest neighborhoods, I look for the flash of color - a geranium in a coffee can, a window box set against the scaling side of a tenement, a border of roses struggling in a tiny patch of open ground. Where flowers bloom, so does hope - and hope is the precious, indispensable ingredient without which the war on poverty can never be won."
If we are going to progress toward a higher and healthier quality of life, we need to have hope. Love, beauty, and positive imaginings too.
Whenever we feel poorly or downright poor in any way, growing a little plant can help carry us through and lead us toward hope, healing, ideas, inspiration, motivation, and well-being.
It may seem small but it is not insignificant. We truly can nourish and grow life's gifts in ourselves - and others - by growing flowers. Vegetables, too.
In any and every way we can, may we bring hope and beauty into this world.
Amen,
Charlene
P.S. Looking Up...The beautiful golden blooms in today's photo are on the Cannonball Tree in the garden at Sanibel Moorings.
THE FIFTH GIFT IS HOPE. Through each passage and season may you trust the goodness in life. - from The Twelve Gifts of Birth
