Know You Are A Bud!

Like the lotus flower growing from the mud, we must know we are really a bud. We are not the mud that surrounds us; we are a bud. As we make our way out of the mud, we find water, and we have a stem. Have we arrived yet? No. We know we are still a bud. We are not the water. We are not the stem. We are a bud, waiting to unfold. We may not even know that there is sunshine above the water, but we know we have a purpose, so we continue to strive upward. As we break the surface of the water, and unfold in the warmth of the sunshine, we bask in the glory of what we knew all along...we really were always a bud, and now we can share our bloom with the world. Here's to the late bloomers! May we all have our day in the sun!