There's something about dandelions that i love.
We blow the seeds away into the air just because we can, really.
But by doing so, we spread the seeds that end up somewhere else, plant themselves, and grow more dandelions.
It's just kinda cool, that we're spreading dandelions everywhere.
I used to be weird, in the sense that i would try resist to blow the seeds away, because i didn't want to hurt the poor dandelion. I thought i'd kill it or something.
But in actual fact, it's creating more dandelions out of its seeds.
So in a way, death can produce more life than before.
It's just a thought i had.
Whenever someone close to you dies, it's a horrible experience. But what helps me through the pain, is seeing the good things that come about from it all.
Not that the death in itself was good, but there's still positives that circle around, that wouldn't usually be present.
At the beginning of this year, both my grandfathers died in the same month. They both seemed to be diagnosed with different diseases at the same time. My mother's dad had Parkinsons, and my father's dad had lymphoma, a type of cancer.
It was horrible. Really horrible. But i realised how it brought both sides of my family close together, and i became a lot closer my relatives.
I know that's probably not much to some, but it means heaps with my family.
I could even see how we're all related. We all have similar interests, all the Lears and the Browns.
And then the family created their own families who also come together, and those new families already have existing families. And it just gets bigger and bigger. Each side of my family is already huge. Bigger than 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding', i swear.
But, yeah. Through a death, new lives come about.
So death really is horrible itself, to lose a loved one so suddenly, seeing them here in front of you, and then just not.
But to help, look at the good things. Cherish the fact that you had such a privelage to know that person, cherish the times you had. And just look at the positives i guess.
That's kind of a really big key to life. If we just always focussed on the better things in life, we would be so much wiser, so much better off. And that's really hard to do a lot of the time. But yes.
Let's at least try not to stress - stress kills people more than cancer does :O
So yeah!
..Wow. i always say yes, yeah or yep. My apologies.
But i guess it's better than always saying No :)
And one more thing about dandelions; Each little dandelion in this world has its own bunch of seeds that will produce more dandelions in the future. Their seeds is kinda like their potential.
Similar to us - We ALL have the potential to do amazing things in this world, to make a difference.
Not one of us are useless. Just remember that. So the next time you're looking at/talking/listening to someone else, remember that person can change the world. They can, and so can you. You just need to realise this.
