“The Flowers Don’t Want to Be Picked.”

I saw the picture posted above several years ago on Tumblr. I don’t think there was a caption underneath it nor do I think it was a part of some larger context. It was just a sign.

But for some reason, it spoke to me to the extent that I was convinced that the original blogger had posted the picture for the same reason I liked it, reblogged it, and saved it to my phone. Now I realise that it really might’ve just been a cool pic to take.

For me, the sign made me think of relationships and how we sometimes try to uproot people from their lives in order to complete our own.

Actually, there’s a quote by Osho that fits this perfectly:

“If you love a flower, don’t pick it up.

Because if you pick it up it dies and it ceases to be what you love.

So if you love a flower, let it be.

Love is not about possession.

Love is about appreciation.”

This is probably why the picture spoke to me in the way that it did. Osho’s words resonated with me that I reinterpreted the sign that was just a gardener’s cute warning as a parable.