A weekly exercise
- smcculley
- Oct 6, 2024
- 1 min read
A weekly exercise
Each week an exercise will be posted for the aim of living consciously.
Watering Their Flowers
“If we practice the art of mindful living together, we see that the other person, like us, has both flowers and compost inside, and we accept this. Our practice is to water the flowerness in her and not bring her more garbage. We avoid blaming and arguing. When we try to grow flowers, if the flowers do not grow well, we do not blame and argue with them. We ask ourselves what we can do to help them grow more beautifully.
To help a flower grow well, we must understand her name. How much water does she need? How much sunshine? We look deeply into ourselves to see our true nature, and we look into the other person to see her true nature.”
~Thich Nhat Hanh
This week BE the gardner. Nurture patience and compassion for your flowerness and the flowerness of others. Cultivate love and loveliness.
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