Inspiration

Saturday morning I got up waaaay too early and went to the store to get pancake mix. My love said she would make me blueberry banana pancakes if I went out into the cold to get pancake mix. How could I refuse? That's more of a statement than a question. Given that it was Valentine's Day, I decided to get her flowers while I was out. I came across these beautiful sunflowers and I knew instantly that they were the ones for her. If I were to imagine her as a flower, this is what I would see. There I stood, in line behind 5 men buying their standard dozen roses, waiting to purchase my pancake mix and my sunflowers, and I had to smile at my good fortune in life.

More and more I see that my life is what I make of it. It can be a standard bunch of roses, no different from the next, or it can be a vibrant, beautifully unique sunflower. The choice is mine. It can be whatever I want it to be. The more I live in that realization, the less fear I feel and the more possibilities I see. Inspiration is all around me. I just need to keep my mind open to it.