“A weed is but an unloved flower.” Ella Wheeler Wilcox
This quote: “a weed is but an unloved flower,” by Ella Wheeler Wilcox is true to me. Many a weed has grown up to become a significant contributor to our world. I say this because there is always a contribution, however, we may just not be aware of it. So if we are not aware of it does that make it insignificant?
How can we justify our rationale when we don’t know the totality of the situation? There is no way of really determining from our point of view of what makes for a significant life. Whether that life is plant, animal, human, or even a rock.
We are all just travelers on this planet. We are here for a period of time. Some are here for decades, others years, and some for only an instance. The trees in some areas are hundreds of years old. The bumble bee that pollinates our plants is here for only a few weeks.
What is a weed to me may be a flower for tea. It is really our ignorance that makes us see these weeds. For in reality it is just another manifestation of life on earth. Perhaps its location or where it happened to show up is not ideal, but it certainly has its place among us.