I have not researched the lotus flower, but my understanding is that this type of flower grows up out of the muck. That is why it is such a powerful Eastern metaphor for rebirth. Also representative of being pure of body and floating above the muddy waters. I feel like right now I am in mucky waters. Money problems. Navigating through parenting adolescent girls without them hating me all the time. Trying to find excitement in a 19 year relationship. Renegotiating my career, because the rate of incoming clients has diminished significantly and in direct proportion to the declining economy. But I know "This too will pass". As every other hard time in my life has - it comes to an end and things look brighter on the other side. But while I am here it is dark and hard to hold on.
Yesterday I had lunch at Wolf Creek Restaurant and Brewing Co in Agoura Hills, CA with three of my friends from my martial arts class (Team MMA in Woodland Hills). We were celebrating an upcoming wedding. We decorated our lunch table with beautiful pink lily and white hydrangea center pieces, and I took one home after lunch. I just walked through my kitchen, and smell of that beautiful lily fills the entire room. Although I did not think of this flower at the time, I am sure I was subconsciously influenced by that smell and the colors.
There is one more crayon left in my 64 box of Crayola Crayons. Any guesses as to what that last color might be?
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