wildflowers

At the beginning of 2020 I felt like my word for the year was bloom. Seems interesting to me to be facing such devastation right as spring is bringing new buds and blossoms. I wrote this last year sometime after noticing wildflowers on the side of the highway. If the flowers could speak, I thought this might be what they’d say...

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Grow like a wildflower.

I want you to know that you belong, but you do not need to fit in.

Bloom beauty in unexpected places.

Stand out.

Be free. 

Spread joy. 

Reproduce hope. 

Sprinkle color wherever you go. 

Stay wild.

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Hoping we can all live more like the wildflowers.