\u201cLast night I bought a sunflower to put on the windshield of someone I\u2019m smitten with. After some consideration I decided not to since we had only been on one date, the night previous. Don\u2019t want to come off too strong, right? Anyway, I grabbed the flower on my way out this morning with the intention to give it to someone on my way to work so it didn\u2019t die alone. What happened next has left me changed in ways I don\u2019t even have words for yet.<\/p>\n
While I was sitting and drinking my morning joe at the coffee shop (which I typically take to go), I saw a woman reading something with tears quietly and quickly sliding down her pale face. It was like there was a magnet in the sunflower that was being drawn to her, because I knew in that moment she was who I was going to give the sunflower to; she was who I had to give it to. When I got to her table I said, \u2018hey, pardon me. I have this sunflower that I was hoping to give to someone special and that someone I had in mind didn\u2019t work out, but I can feel that you\u2019re special too, so I want you to have it\u2019 Before I could even hand her the sunflower, this complete stranger flew into my arms with tears flowing, and gratitude spewing, as if I was someone she once loved, and lost. It\u2019s what she said next that I\u2019m still trying to grip. She was crying because her fianc\u00e9 had died the week before, just months before they were going to get married. On their first date he brought her a sunflower and from then on, got her sunflowers, never roses, because she was the light of his life. Today, through me, he was able to show her that she\u2019ll always be the light of his life and how we as humans have a message to carry that goes far beyond words.
\nI\u2019m shaken, awaken and feeling raw. You never know how much a simple gesture of giving someone a $5 flower will change their life, as well as yours. Life is about giving and being of service to others. I challenge you all to find a way to make someone else\u2019s life just a little bit brighter today and be of service. You never know the impact you could have.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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