Our sons love this sunflower (below) that has sprung up just outside the fence of a community garden near our home.
Each day, they ask to check up on this flower (both to and from school) so they can see if it has changed.
I bored quickly of this game, until I realized that, once again, they were teaching me how to love.
They are ready, every day, to see this flower with fresh eyes.
Similarly, we simply cannot love (a partner, a child, a plant) if we do not approach them with the same openness and freedom. We are able to love only that which we can constantly discover anew.
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