“Flowers are without hope. Because hope is tomorrow and flowers have no tomorrow.” Antonio Porchia
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“Flowers are without hope. Because hope is tomorrow and flowers have no tomorrow.” Antonio Porchia
Well flowers bring a smile to your face today.. ;-)..
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I must have flowers, always, and always.
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I suspect Porchia was not a gardener.
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You may have missed the point of his words Mike. Flowers exist beyond time which is a concept, and have no need to hope for anything to happen other than what happens. To have no hope also means to have no fear. I believe the Buddhists call that enlightenment. 😉
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Or maybe I was just being flippant. If he was making a point about letting go and living in the moment without worrying about tomorrow, I think it has been said better elsewhere – Look at the birds of the air / consider the lillies of the field. Flowers have no need of hope might have been better. To say that anything is “without hope” is, frankly, depressing and when applied to humans often leads to suicide. Perhaps something was lost in translation.
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Having no hope is a hard thing for people to understand. I’m sure it can be explained better. Here is a piece you can either read or listen to: https://secularbuddhism.com/78-no-hope-no-fear/
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To be clear, I have no problem with the philosophy, only the way it is expressed. Hope is the wrong word here. Expectation makes the point better. Even the person on the link, while trying to explain “no hope, no fear”, says he “hopes” we’ll be able to spend time with this riddle 😉
We could go on debating theories and concepts from our comfortable chairs in front of our computers and try to reconcile them with the real world of wars, refugees and torture chambers, but lets call a truce, shall we?
And, yes, the flower is a geranium.
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At some point words lose their meaning, especially when it comes to spiritually. As in: “The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao; The name that can be named is not the eternal name. The nameless is the beginning of heaven and earth. The named is the mother of ten thousand things.” I hope that’s clear now. Geranium huh, if only I could find white ones they would keep the snakes away. So little time and ten thousand things to do. Thanks Mike.
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Amazing rich color on this one
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Thanks Tina, it just started to rain so I went inside a greenhouse to look for signs of spring.
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Geranium? I love that the flowers and the leaves are almost the same shape. Gorgeous color, Mike.
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Thanks Lois, I have no idea what kind of flower it is. Sometimes I take a photo of the tag.
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I have been informed that the flower is in fact a Geranium. Next up here should be snowdrops, then crocus, dandelions and bleeding hearts.
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So looking forward to those! Thanks, Mike.
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We’re all looking forward to spring and lets try to enjoy this one more than the last.
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Better to smell a rose today then!
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Ya know Robert, if you could see the miracle of a single flower clearly your whole life would change…
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Beautiful. I know this is not a competition but this is my favourite post for this week’s Lens-Artists challenge, so far. 🙂
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Thank you Mexi! Sometimes the easiest spur of the moment shots are the best.
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The quote is so sad, but the image is beautiful!
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Thank you Chandra. I guess it depends on how you look at it. No hope is also no fear.
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…But so sad. 😦
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I think you might be looking at it wrong, read my current post The Battle of Hope and Fear.
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Oh what a beauty. Great macro shot 😀
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Thanks!
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