A few days back I noticed this blooming bud in my garden. The next morning when I peeped through the leaves the petal that had already opened, had merely opened a bit more, but the rest of the stalk remained shut tight as it was the day previous. Yesterday I had assumed that by morning the bud would bloom into a blossom. But I had forgotten in Nature everything is unhurried. Nothing happens overnight. The changes take place imperceptibly. In its own time.
So, as a human, I have to learn patience if I have to witness creativity in action. That reminds me of a short clip that I saw on instagram the other day of veteran comedian and actor Javed Jaffery. He said his younger son, who grew up on and is in the habit of working on his ipad, cannot sit and watch a sunset for long. Why? Because he is used to quick moving frames. Nature’s frame does not move so swiftly. The change on the canvas of the sky is so gradual that it almost seems unchanging. And we, given to watching short reels and clips, expect everything to be in constant swift movement.
Of course, there is motion…nothing is static in Nature. As I write so many things must be in a constant flux without my seeing or knowing. Have you seen the wings of the aircraft after gaining height? It seems static, as though the pilot has pressed a brake, not covering the distance that he is supposed to cover in a few hours time. But soon it’s landing time!! We forget our vision has limitations.
Life too makes us feel like that time and again, especially, when we are going through a dark phase – as though nothing is going to change for the better and everything will remain stagnant in an unendurable rut forever. But then time ticks on and one fine day we look back, heave a sigh of relief and wonder how we passed through those days of insufferable grief and pain!!
By the way, do you know what the name of the flower is in the picture? The small potted plant was a gift to me. Two years have passed. It didn’t flower. But this year, on a whim, it has decided to surprise me. Nature’s quirk ? One of those unbelievable wonders ? Or one of those unasked bounties which we tend to take for granted?
What do you say…?
Change is inevitable! Nothing stays stagnant. Nature especially doesn’t. Xx
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Yes, you are absolutely correct. But we humans take time to understand that. Thanks Carol Anne for your insightful comment.
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Your little flower ended up teaching a lesson all of us need from time to time. 😍🤍✨
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Thank you Rajeshwari. Nature, in its splendor, is an enriching experience of learning.
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I used to like watching foreign language films, as quite often they were slower. “Into Great Silence “ being a good example.
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Masterpieces are like that. The frames move slowly giving the audience time to grasp and introspect.
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That’s it! 👍🏻
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Dear Geeta,
How tenderly you have captured Nature’s secret art! The bud that delays its blossoming is not reluctant; it is merely faithful to its own season. We, restless children of time, often demand from life what only patience can reveal.
Your observation reminded me that beauty does not arrive with a trumpet’s call. It unfolds softly, petal by petal, like a poem finding its voice. The sunset, the flowering bud, the healing of sorrow all seem still to the hurried eye, yet each is engaged in a sacred becoming.
Perhaps that flower chose to bloom after two silent years not as a whim, but as a gentle lesson: that the loveliest gifts are often those for which we cease to wait. Nature keeps her promises, though never according to our clocks.
Beauty is not merely seen; it is slowly revealed to the patient heart.
Thank you for this exquisite reminder that life’s deepest transformations occur not in haste, but in grace.
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Vijayji,
Thank you for your effusive comment. It adds to the post and humbles me as a writer.
I guess, a lot must be happening inside the plant and the closed bud before it blooms. We don’t know because we cannot see.
Human ignorance births from that part of the process in Nature which is invisible. It must be all interconnected but since we are not able to join the dots we are in awe of the outcome. Said that even if we are aware of the process I think we’ll be in greater awe.
That reminds me of Quantum Physics and what all is forever taking place at the sub- atomic level!
Divine engineering is marvelous and it showcases how little we know, how vain we are of our limited knowledge and how careless we are in tampering with Nature for our short term gains and how foolish to think we are in control of everything.
Once again thank you.
Namaskar
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Beautifully expressed, Geetaji. 🌸 Your blooming flower is a lovely reminder that nature teaches patience better than any book. Thank you for this thoughtful reflection on trusting time and life’s unseen changes. 💚
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Thank you so much Maha. There is no other school better, bigger and greater than life.
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I haven’t seen this flower before, but often a plant needs to reach a certain level of maturity before it flowers. There is an app that can identify plants, I’ve forgotten its name.
As for the time passing- they say that good time passes quickly and bad time passes slowly! But it all passes and we find ourselves in a new tomorrow. Hugs
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Hug you back Sadje. You are so right 👍
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Thank you dear friend
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The name of the plant identifier app is picture this. I couldn’t download your picture but took a screenshot shot and tried. It says dumb cane. I hope you can google this and see if it is the same one.
Yes we humans rush! I don’t even the animals have a rush to mature.
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Yes, you are right. The images on Google are similar. Thank you for taking the pain of finding out the name. And you are right there too when you say animals too don’t hurry. Only humans rush. I think because they want to win over every situation.
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What an interesting plant, Geeta!
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Thank you Mary
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lovely
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Thanks Yvette
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Nature has many lessons for us. I don’t know the flower
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What an interesting flower. Pretty too!
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Thank you very much Chris.
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Geeta Ji,an Arabic word tafakkur is repeated several times in Holy Quran, Tafakkur means to think deeply,reach conclusions and recognise the truth.
That is what your post reminded me of.
Thoughtful observation and beautiful lessons.
Indeed we need to be patient to witness creativity.
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I’ll remember this word…tafakkur.
Incidentally, my grand niece has been named Taha inspired by another Arabic word tahammul.
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Nice
Tahammul means Patience
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Yes…and I think tolerance too ???
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Yes
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I smiled about “everything is unhurried.” If only I have no tasks, I’ll watch sunrise and sunset every day. I forget the name of the flower, too.
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The leaves seem to be Dieffenbachia. Careful! The sap has toxins that can make one dumb – temporarily.
An epiphany there?! Speechless beauty? Or Beauty with cruelty??
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Wow! You are right. I did not know that. I will be careful. So the name Dumb Cane is not without a purpose.
Yes, beauty can be bewitching but not without dangers.
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