Difference Between a Weed and a Flower.

I just learned a profound lesson today.

How do you explain the difference between a weed and a flower to a 5 year old innocent child?

A child looks over my shoulder and wonders why I'm pulling out dandelions and little purple flowers. And why I would be planting other flowers back into my garden. Try to explain that they are weeds, and she asked "How do you know the difference between a weed or a flower?"

She seems to make perfect sense. How do you really distinguish the difference? We can say that the flowers are beautiful and that the dandelion is not. But as the picture above shows, I would be wrong. I could explain that the weed contributes nothing to the garden. But God put them there, in their brilliant colors, for a reason - so they do have a significance.

I remember that as a kid, I would pick dandelions and give them to my mother. She would tell me how "nice" they were, but that I should realize that they are just weeds. Why don't I go out and pick "pretty flowers" instead. She would show me that real flowers were prettier than weeds. And that real flowers were planted by hand - not growing wild in the fields.

I started to ponder this thought and came to the conclusion that the only difference is the value we place on one over the other. So is a flower really a better choice over a weed to decorate my garden?

By looking at the pictures on this post I cannot say that a weed had less value or provides less beauty to a garden than a rose would.

So as Wayne Dyer says:

"The only difference between a weed and a flower is a judgement."

We cannot judge people, as flowers, only based on their outward beauty. Each of us has a deep down beauty and a significant soul. God hand-picked each one of us and placed us onto this garden we call earth. Each and everyone of us are of significant value to God and have been selected for a purpose in this life.

So learn to see the beauty in each individual in your life. See them for who they are and not for who you perceive them to be. Acknowledge them now! For they really are a significant part of your life.