May Flower

When I look outside my window I see a beautiful garden. It’s not a very big garden; it’s small but has a lot of plants and flowers. I see pink bud roses, white little flower with five petals, tiny blue flower-which is a creeper, red hibiscus …all these colors make them look lovely with a touch of green from all the other plants. They are always accompanied by pretty dancing butterflies and bubbly buzzing honey bees. This drags my attention everyday, I look and I smile.

It was the month of May. One evening, I was sitting in the garden and looking at all the pretty flowers, lost into thoughts….Kids played outside, the gardener was plucking the weeds, elderly people chattered, mom was in the kitchen-chopping vegetables for dinner and others involved in their on normal daily activities. But then something happened and it was no longer just another day!

All this while I was looking at the May Flower, it was still a bud, yet to bloom…The gardener who was working, pulling the weeds, had a small quarrel with our neighbor. Now I really don’t remember what the matter was, but he was angry and mad. In this anger he still continued to work, but he just pulled out the May Flower bud! It left me stunned, and even before I could protest or stop him, the flower bud was gone! I had waited all month just to look at the May Flower, as it blooms only in the month of May! I was really upset…and then it occurred to me, aren’t we humans like the May Flower too?

God gifted every individual with a talent. Some discover this talent when they are very young but most of us take a lifetime. Also there people who are in search of their talents, some of them try to paint…but do not get the best out of it, some of us give a shot at photography…but not everyone can capture best of the shots, some try to get into the world of music…but they are not very successful! And when they don’t really succeed in what they dedicated their time in…most of us, including me criticize them. Not realizing that it could burry all their talents in a coffin. It leaves one shattered and scared, it lowers their confidence …so low that they would never want to try anything again! We pluck their talents and never let them bloom. Wouldn’t the world look beautiful with fully bloomed flowers?

Well, then why do we criticize them? The “Words” spoken by us are so strong that it can make or break a person! “Words kill more than swords, so use words carefully”. Isn’t that true? Have you ever seen a crawling baby get up and run to its mother in just one day!? No.Parents encourage the baby to take one step everyday and don’t just abandon them because their babies take too long to walk and run…Parents knowing that they will see their child run walk and jump with joy someday.

All one needs is a little encouragement and soothing words. So let’s try and motivate each other and encourage ourselves, let’s not let anyone crush our talents-like how the gardener crushed the May Flower bud.