Finding the Right Place to Bloom
I moved to Maryland from Florida in 2020. This Peace Lily (shown in the picture) is one of the first plants I bought back then. I placed it near a window in my north-faced apartment. Somehow the plant didn't like the sunkissed place and used to be very unhappy—which I assumed after getting tired of not seeing the blooming for more than a year. It didn't die, but it also wasn't alive. I was optimistic enough to keep watering it regularly, sometimes more often than needed. Then, a few months ago, I moved it to another place, a little shady corner where the sun does not flirt with its shiny glare. To my surprise, the Peace Lily has found its peace—it started to bloom! The whole experience got me thinking, what if our life resembles this Peace Lily. Most of the time, we feel we are getting everything we need (like water and sunshine), and we should be happy with it. But deep inside, we barely survive. Maybe we need to find that corner where peace would flow naturally, and...