Reflections on columbines

Columbine sketch - illustrated journal

Aquilegia canadensis

Gender: Feminine
Element: Water
Planet: Venus

Labels are on my mind. I’m in an online gardening group and someone recently posted a photo of a columbine. (Quick sketch of a columbine from my illustrated journal above). She liked it, but her brother told her it was a weed, so they ripped it out of the garden and threw it away.
How often do we allow other people’s perception and labels to determine our actions? Are we so dependent on the approval, or disapproval, of others that we no longer trust our own judgment?
Doing this with plants is disheartening, but even more disturbing is we do it with each other.
Let’s slow down and think before we react and discard. We might miss something beautiful that has value.
“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle; the other is as though everything is a miracle.” Albert Einstein
We are literally surrounded by, and immersed in, miracles. Don’t miss them.