i noticed a flower today...

I noticed a flower today. On the side of the road. It wasn't particularly big, or loud or noticable. In fact, it was small, quiet. It didn't demand attention, it actually didn't do anything at all. It just was. Beautiful in its own way. By just being. This little flower, despite its "littleness" got me thinking about life, more than I want to admit, really... The more I studied it, the more I admired its beauty and the sheer miracle of its very existance and I thought to myself "This little flower is worthy of existing by just existing. There is nothing it is trying to prove. Few people will ever notice it, or find it particularly beautiful, but this doesn't make it any less of a miracle." This little flower on the side of the road is worthy of living because it is alive, not because it proved its existance by doing more.

As I kept walking, the flower stayed in my mind. I wondered "If a little flower is worthy of existing just by being, doesn't that apply to me too? Don't we all deserve to live just by being alive, without proving our worth to others?" This little flower will wilt come summer. It is fleeting, but it is beautiful. A quiet kind of beauty, you only notice when you look for it.

I believe life is just that. It is fleeting and it is beautiful, but only when we open our hearts and look for that beauty. We were given the miracle of life and that's what makes us worthy of it. Just like the little flower, we don't need to prove our worth, we just need to be. And that is enough.