Category Archives: Lessons From Flowers
HOW DO YOU SHOW GRATITUDE?
November 19, 2017
How do you like to show gratitude when you have been given a gift or had a special evening with friends? How do you like to receive a ‘thank you’ for having done something thoughtful? Is it in the form of a small gift? Or maybe a phone call? A text is nice, but… how about a handwritten note? For me, that is the most meaningful way to both receive and share gratitude, though, I definitely nee...
Read MoreFLOWER QUOTE: GRATITUDE IS THE FAIREST BLOSSOM
November 06, 2017
MY TWO CENTS Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul… With Thanksgiving and the holiday season coming, I find it’s very easy to get caught up in the hubbub of the season. So, maybe that is why it is so appropriate that Thanksgiving comes first, to remind us of all that we each have so much to be thankful for. I would like to say gratitude comes easy to me, but I’m sorr...
Read MoreFINDING JOY IN THE “ORDINARY”
October 29, 2017
I never expected, when I arrived at Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin, Texas, that there would be nothing, and I mean nothing flowering. If I had gone about a month later, I would have had a completely different experience with wildflowers bursting into bloom, but I had never thought about the fact that even Texas has a “winter” season. Was I disappointed, yes, but it was still an...
Read MoreLADY BIRD JOHNSON WILDFLOWER CENTER
October 22, 2017
I never expected, when I arrived at Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin, Texas, that there would be nothing, and I mean nothing flowering. If I had gone about a month later, I would have had a completely different experience with wildflowers bursting into bloom, but I had never thought about the fact that even Texas has a “winter” season. Was I disappointed, yes, but it was still ...
Read MoreJUST ONE OF THOSE DAYS…
October 15, 2017
Have you ever had one of those days that doesn’t go quite right? I would guess that you are nodding yes, if not fervently. Well, I sure had one of those days while on a photo shoot at Conejo Valley Botanic Garden in Thousand Oaks, California. Shedding a few tears is okay, and I am not to be deterred by the challenges that come my way. After arriving in Los Angeles, I stopped to survey the bota...
Read MoreCHANGE A MOMENT IN AN INSTANT
September 17, 2017
This past week’s Monday’s Flower Quote by Georgia O’Keeffe, encompasses all that my website is about, which is how flowers can become your world, your view, and can change a moment in an instant. If you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it's your world for a moment. ~ Georgia O’Keeffe Life is active and always changing. We have to seek out and put effort into finding thos...
Read MoreFLOWER QUOTE: IF YOU TAKE A FLOWER
September 11, 2017
MY TWO CENTS If you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it's your world for a moment… Her quote encapsulates the meaning behind Floating Petals as this whole website started with the idea of sharing the beauty and power of flowers and the lessons they have to teach us. This quote alone describes one of the most powerful lessons: letting a flower, if you really look at it, be your ...
Read MoreTEACHER AND MENTOR: FLOWERS AND NATURE
September 10, 2017
I’ve had some really outstanding teachers in my lifetime, such as my second grade teacher who planted the seed that I was good at math. My junior high gym teacher truly helped me to believe in myself; to know that there was an athlete inside of me, and I didn’t have to be the last one picked when playing dodgeball. In high school I had a teacher who taught me the nuts and bolts of grammar, whi...
Read MoreFROM A TINY SEED
August 20, 2017
How is it a this small black spec, a tiny seed that I’m holding in the palm of my hand, smaller than the top of a pinhead, will grow to be this flower? How is it that this particular seed is just sown on top of soil, and after 7 to 14 days of water and sunshine this black spec will start to germinate? As interesting characters from a good novel evolve, so does this flower. This tiny dot will ...
Read MoreONE WORD TO GUIDE ME: GRACE
August 13, 2017
Last year, I had noticed a number of people on podcasts and blogs talk about how they would pick one word to inspire them for the year. So, I asked myself: Would it make a difference if I decided to select one word for the year to motivate or inspire me? Would I be able to stay focused on that one word? Could I become a better version of myself by selecting and focusing on one word for the year? ...
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