Watch a rose day by day.  At first the petals are wrapped tightly around the center.  Day by day they release and reveal more of the center.  Each day reveals a new appearance as the petals spread outward, changing the shape.  Does it reveal more of the rose or is this simply the ongoing evolution of the rose as it changes?  The rose cannot stop this change, this evolution.  It cannot control each moment.  What is the driving Force of its growth and even its death?  Life is one flow that unfolds, blossoming in cycles of birth and death.  It is when you try to control this flow that suffering ensues.  Allow Life to reveal itself.  You contain the beauty of all Nature within you.  Blossom by not resisting the forward flow of Life. 

You are so very loved.

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