🌸Take a Moment🌸

As in William Wordsworth’s timeless verse, I found myself wandering through the vast expanse of my thoughts. Just as the poet mused upon a solitary cloud drifting aimlessly, I too ponder the intricacies of life and nature.

In each petal, life,
🌸Courage rises from the soil,🌸
In each bloom, a sigh

Flowers – these unexpected bursts of colour and fragrance, have captivated humanity since the dawn of time. We find ourselves drawn to their delicate forms, their vibrant hues that seem to defy the boundaries of the natural world. Perhaps it is their fleeting existence that gives them such power. They are a poignant reminder of the relentless cycle of life, death, and rebirth, blooming with an energy that seems to defy their inevitable wilt.

Is it the velvety caress of a rose petal, the intricacy of stamen and pistil in a lily, or the heady perfume of a jasmine vine that speaks to our soul? Or is it something deeper, a connection to a forgotten past, a memory of Eden etched into our collective unconscious?

Take a moment, dear reader, to pause in your hurried existence. Let your gaze linger on the beauty of a floral arrangement. Inhale the subtle perfume.  Allow yourself to be transported to a realm of tranquillity, a space where worries dissipate and the simple beauty of existence takes centre stage.

What whispers do the flowers share with you? What resonates within your soul when you behold their fleeting splendour? Share your thoughts in the comments below, let us delve together into the allure of flowers. If you feel, write a blog and leave a link.


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26 responses to “🌸Take a Moment🌸”

  1. lesleyscoble avatar

    Beautiful 👏 🌺

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  2. Anthony Thomas avatar

    We have beautiful areas but not vast open spaces

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  3. usfman avatar

    I recently wrote about a blog about this topic. I would invite you to read it as a followup to this thought provoking entry of yours. tps://onstageformyselfnow.blog/2024/05/24/a-full-life-in-spring-bloom/

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    1. Anthony Thomas avatar

      You have such beautiful open spaces in the US which we don’t have in the UK

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      1. usfman avatar

        Honestly I am surprised by that response.

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  4. Chuckster avatar
    Chuckster

    Are you asking us avid readers to stop and smell the roses? Frankly, I would but I am so concerned about the weeds, I dare not stop for sniffing.

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    1. Anthony Thomas avatar

      Ha. I’ve got no weeds in my garden. Honest 🫤

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  5. Priti avatar

    Beautiful poem! the flowers shared that the purity and calmness of life.

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  6. Lakshmi Bhat avatar

    Your post reminded me of this beautiful poem in Hindi about flowers which I read in school long back.

    http://drppradeep.blogspot.com/2014/05/push-ki-abhilasha-with-my-english.html

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    1. Anthony Thomas avatar

      Very beautiful and poignant poem.

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  7. alexander87writer avatar

    These velvet vowels, makes this tempest drown, take this emptiness out, in full bloom in a full moon, silver bullet, bulletproof, let the appalling howl, peddling petals out. 🙏🏻

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    1. Anthony Thomas avatar

      Love it. Not sure I understand it all, but I love it

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      1. alexander87writer avatar

        It’s a story about a flower, so- monstrously beautiful nothing can kill it.

        I read your words and saw your pictures and I wrote it for you.

        Nice to meet you.

        Alexx

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      2. Anthony Thomas avatar

        I get it now. Its wonderful. Thanks

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  8. Carol A. Hand avatar

    Lovely verse and image. 💜

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  9. thenotsomightyom avatar

    I bought some perennials from a supermarket four years ago . I planted them as a border for a small rock garden.They have thrived and come up every year and truly are blue.They fight the good fight each year but always come through.

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    1. Anthony Thomas avatar

      I love growing flowers. I grow lots from seeds and cuttings and they always amaze me

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  10. Johnbritto Kurusumuthu avatar

    It’s a thought-provoking and eloquent exploration of the allure of flowers and their significance in the human experience.

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    1. Anthony Thomas avatar

      Thanks. I can never quite work out the allure and I think this is what keeps me interested

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  11. Becky avatar

    Hello! I enjoyed your reflection. I wouldn’t normally leave a link to one of my posts, but the topic seems fitting. I happened to recently write a short story called “Peach Carnations” and the first part is available here. Cheers!

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    1. Anthony Thomas avatar

      I like your story. Sets the scene well. I agree, it suits the theme of flowers and their meaning

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      1. Becky avatar

        Thank you 🙂

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