| Every flower uplifts us and takes us to a more joyful | | | | live more that way. |
| place, and this is especially true of Sunflowers. Each | | | | In every moment in our lives, we live in choice. We |
| type of flower offers its own, particular loving, uplifting | | | | have so many options it is mind boggling. One |
| energy -- perfect to turbo-charge an affirmation since | | | | fundamental choice we have is that of seeing the |
| affirmations are most effective when we express | | | | good in a situation or the bad. |
| them from a good-feeling place. | | | | Sunflowers choose to follow the light. Sunflowers do |
| Sunflowers (Helianthus) are very sunny. Their faces | | | | not deny the existence of the darkness, the unwanted, |
| look like the sun, and their buds spend their entire day | | | | undesired things in life, but they choose not to BE the |
| turning toward the light of the sun (heliotropism). | | | | darkness and to know that the darkness cannot mar |
| It is an unforgettable sight to see an entire field of | | | | our essence unless we choose to let it. |
| sunflowers all stretching and reaching toward the sun, | | | | And, here is a Sunflower Affirmation: |
| all their faces turned in the same direction. Seek it out if | | | | I choose to live my life more like the sunflower, |
| you have not had the opportunity to see such a sight. | | | | CHOOSING to find the light in a situation and not |
| Sunflowers have an optimistic ability to find the light in | | | | choosing to dwell in the darkness. |
| every situation and look in that direction. We should all | | | | |