Growing Open

Do you think she’s shy?  Or does she appear that way until the petals fill with sunshine and unfurl?  I appreciate how the early stages of unfolding can seem so awkward and even scrawny, but truly the black-eyed Susan flower is beautiful all along the way.  This helps me remember.   With new ideas, new projects or big plans in the spindly phases, I choose to remember the promise of what’s to come, and the lovely nature of this very step.  But what about when I’m tripping or stumbling?  Does the flower worry about this?  Or does she just keep on keeping on in the direction of growth?  I choose to believe so.