Echinacea.
I love the warmth and light radiating from this flower – especially on a grey day like today! Today the wind is blowing a misty rain across my window. Yesterday though was the perfect September day, blue sky, leaves starting to turn, marigolds, sunflowers and michaelmas daisies in my garden. Tomorrow?
“A thought is harmless unless we believe it. It is not our thoughts, but our attachment to our thoughts, that causes suffering. Attaching to a thought means believing that it’s true, without enquiring.
No one has ever been able to control his thinking. Thoughts are like the breeze or the leaves on the trees or the raindrops falling. They appear like that, and through inquiry we can make friends with them. Would you argue with a raindrop? Raindrops aren’t personal, and neither are thoughts. Once a painful concept is met with understanding, the next time it appears you may find it interesting. The next time it appears, you may find it funny. The next time, you may not even notice it. This is the power of loving what is.”
– Byron Katie ‘Loving What Is’.