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A gorgeous floral arrangement was delivered to my home this week providing the perfect opportunity to photograph blossoms in various stages of blooming. I used a close up photograph that I took of a lily blossom unfurling as my weekly challenge image.<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n That image presented another opportunity to think about how life also unfurls. <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Last week\u2019s blog post was titled Winter\u2019s Cold. As spring is quickly approaching, this week\u2019s blog post features a spring flower. <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n From one season to the next. That\u2019s how life unfurls on the calendar. <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n But isn’t the weather associated with those seasons sometimes interspersed? One day it\u2019s nearly 80 degrees and two days later our lawns and roads are covered with inches of snow!<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n What about our emotional or spiritual life? <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Do our lives transition in an orderly manner, growing from immaturity to maturity or do they ebb and flow from one stage to the next and sometimes back to the former stage again? <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Do you know how you will feel tomorrow based on how you feel today?<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Yes?<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n No?<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Maybe?<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Here\u2019s what I know: during a dark, depressed state nearing the end of a cold and dreary winter a beautiful floral arrangement arrived with a thoughtful note attached. My depression did not magically go away but my spirit was definitely lifted that day as well as the next several days as I watched and photographed those flowers opening up. <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n