Another POWERFUL message by one of the How To Be A Woman ladies. Read On:
~~A Random Thought~~
I was looking at some flowers and thought of a good analogy, since women are often compared to flowers: Making a flower takes a lot of energy for a plant, no matter how big or small. Creatures are attracted to the beauty of a flower, including humans. They are colorful, fragrant, and an indication of bearing fruit.
Why does this have any relevance to this page? Well, it takes hard work to 'be a flower,' especially one that bears fruit. It takes time and effort to be gentle, nurturing, tactful, sweet, and pleasant. We are 'cultivated' by our people, views, ideas, beliefs, and experiences--our climate, water, soil, sunshine, and air. We take these things and make them our own and share them to the next person. We are the plant we become and can change depending on environment--the most adaptable survive.
If the plant is not wanted, then it is a weed. It is so easy to be a weed. They just pop up where you least expect them. They are annoying, sometimes parasitic, and deeply rooted if they want to be, but with the right tools they can be removed or cultivated into a more useful/attractive plant. I would rather keep and teach it to grow than culling the plant.
I would like our teachings to be like plant food and fertilizer. Some will be like fish emulsion--yes, it stinks and is yucky, but it is needed and useful for growing. Some will be like slow-release---it is gentle and won't burn. Some will be like compost--an oldie but a goodie. Some will be like a liquid fertilizer--a thirst quenched, a refresher. Some will be grainy and powdery--like oatmeal, it is good for you.
I'd like this page, like my garden, to be organic rather than conventional--we don't want to produce GMOs, as they are artificial and loaded with pesticides and herbicides; we want to make the real stuff--natural, more flavorful, more nutritious, and more likely to be heirlooms, and won't cause cancer in the long run.
If you are a flower according to your man and other men, please spead the seeds your flowery goodness onto the next generation so they can be the future cultivar of flowers. Be a flower or a fruit-bearing flower, but for goodness sake don't be a weed.
*~Azalea
I was looking at some flowers and thought of a good analogy, since women are often compared to flowers: Making a flower takes a lot of energy for a plant, no matter how big or small. Creatures are attracted to the beauty of a flower, including humans. They are colorful, fragrant, and an indication of bearing fruit.
Why does this have any relevance to this page? Well, it takes hard work to 'be a flower,' especially one that bears fruit. It takes time and effort to be gentle, nurturing, tactful, sweet, and pleasant. We are 'cultivated' by our people, views, ideas, beliefs, and experiences--our climate, water, soil, sunshine, and air. We take these things and make them our own and share them to the next person. We are the plant we become and can change depending on environment--the most adaptable survive.
If the plant is not wanted, then it is a weed. It is so easy to be a weed. They just pop up where you least expect them. They are annoying, sometimes parasitic, and deeply rooted if they want to be, but with the right tools they can be removed or cultivated into a more useful/attractive plant. I would rather keep and teach it to grow than culling the plant.
I would like our teachings to be like plant food and fertilizer. Some will be like fish emulsion--yes, it stinks and is yucky, but it is needed and useful for growing. Some will be like slow-release---it is gentle and won't burn. Some will be like compost--an oldie but a goodie. Some will be like a liquid fertilizer--a thirst quenched, a refresher. Some will be grainy and powdery--like oatmeal, it is good for you.
I'd like this page, like my garden, to be organic rather than conventional--we don't want to produce GMOs, as they are artificial and loaded with pesticides and herbicides; we want to make the real stuff--natural, more flavorful, more nutritious, and more likely to be heirlooms, and won't cause cancer in the long run.
If you are a flower according to your man and other men, please spead the seeds your flowery goodness onto the next generation so they can be the future cultivar of flowers. Be a flower or a fruit-bearing flower, but for goodness sake don't be a weed.
*~Azalea
