Wisdom from the kingdom of plants

                                        Wisdom from the kingdom of plants

•  When the axe came into the forest the trees said, “ The handle is one of us.”
• I never saw a discontented tree. They grip the ground as though they liked it, and though fast rooted they travel about as far as we  do.
• The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.
• Just as a coconut tree bears the weight of coconuts on its head and gives nectarine water throughout its life in return for a little water that was given to it during the first year of its growth, a good person never forgets the help he had received and tries to return it to others in manifold forms and ways.       
•  Though the blue water lily, lotus, fish, and white lily are born in water, they have different odors.
• Plants are more courageous than almost all human beings. An orange tree would rather die than produce lemons.
• A lone flower still blossoms for its own purpose not looking around for admirers.
• If you love a flower, don’t pick it up. Because if you pick it up, it dies and it ceases to be what you love. So if you love a flower, let it be in the plant itself. Love is not about possession. Love is about appreciation.
• The day you plant the seed is not the day you eat the fruit.
• Don’t chase the butterfly. Mend your garden, let the butterfly come.
• Don’t wait for someone to bring you flowers. Plant your garden and decorate yor soul.
• The fact that I can plant a seed and it becomes a flower, share a bit of knowledge, and it becomes another’s , smile at someone and receive a smile in return, are to me continual spiritual exercises.