About This Quote
The Monk (Pg-50) is the story of a monk who lives in a monastery. He has one rule: he can never leave. He is told that everything that flowers, dies too, but in its dying provides seed of a new beginning. It is more than just an interesting story about the passing of time and the changing nature of things.
This story actually teaches something important about life. The lesson we can learn from this is that we should embrace change and not fear it. Everything that flowers eventually becomes part of some other thing.
A flower is just a part of the plant that grows from it. If you think about it, all living things are just another part of some other thing, some other living thing. When we think about these things, we see how life is really just one big process where different parts take turns being important at different times.
Source: Songs Of The Mist
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