Service

The flowering is such a gift, so generous, so overflowing with life and beauty. At the same time it is such an exultant expression of the inner potential that is twisted into hidden DNA. At first I felt there was a tension between generous giving on the one hand, which seems to imply an act of labor and perhaps a tearing away from something valuable, and such an free and exuberant expression of something from within, which might seem almost self-indulgent. But what this season has shown me is the possible harmony between these two things. That giving of ourselves can be a realization of the potential that lies within.