How to Live like a Daffodil

Yesterday I posted about the sudden disappearance of our spring weather. The poor daffodils were weighed down with wet snow.

In the afternoon the snow had gone but several of the daffodils’ stems had broken. I went out and cut them off short , put them in a small mug with water. Some were still bent over and petals wilted. But…an hour later… look…

Some of the petals have signs of frost bite but look how well they recovered. I think there is something we can learn from this. Sometimes life just gets us down and nothing is going right. Life can be so unfair. But if we can pause and refresh then we can recover well . It does not matter how we refresh, as we all have different ways of doing that. Taking a break, getting in touch with friends or family, meditation, prayer, and for me going for a ride on my horse. This is how we can be like the daffodils and recover.


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31 responses to “How to Live like a Daffodil”

  1. SunnyDazeAhead Avatar

    I loved this! Such a great perspective.

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    1. anne leueen Avatar

      Thank you for taking the time to read the post and leave a comment.

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  2. Anne Sandler Avatar

    All any of us need is love and kindness.

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    1. anne leueen Avatar

      Amen to that!!

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  3. I. J. Khanewala Avatar

    So that snow was directly responsible for that splash of bright yellow on your table!

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  4. workinacresnothours Avatar

    The flowers look so pretty & the way the light is just perfect. Beautiful inspiration from the flowers seen through an inspirational wonderful pony friend.

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    1. anne leueen Avatar

      Thank you for this comment!

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  5. Subbashini Meenakshi Sundaram Avatar

    Lovely message from the lovely flowers. Let this situation also end like that.

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    1. anne leueen Avatar

      Thank you and I wish you peace too.

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  6. Sascha Darlington Avatar

    Inspirational! Sometimes we need to just be. Not overthink everything so it keeps weighing us down. Yes, be more like a daffodil! 🙂

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    1. anne leueen Avatar

      I agree! Thanks for commenting.

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  7. Emma Cownie Avatar

    What a great excuse to have cut flowers in the flower. I am sure they cheered up the house no end!

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    1. anne leueen Avatar

      They did Emma and they are still looking good this morning.

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  8. Lesley Avatar
    Lesley

    This is SO true and a good reminder not to lose hope in times when feeling ‘down’. It’s only temporary. The daffodils look beautiful. 😍

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    1. anne leueen Avatar

      Thank you. Sometimes the down moments feel like forever but this too shall pass.

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  9. dprastka Avatar

    Inspiring, renewing, encouraging! Love those daffodil’s! 💛

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    1. anne leueen Avatar

      They are resilient. They are still looking good on our kitchen table .

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      1. dprastka Avatar

        I wonder if they’ll grow in our climate? I’ll have to see as they look gorgeous on your kitchen table! It’s wonderful how you rescued them!

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        1. anne leueen Avatar

          I’m not sure if they are suited to a warmer climate. They grow from a bulb and come up in the spring and after flowering must be allowed to die back. They are dormant for much of the summer and reappear thebnext spring.

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  10. Michele Lee Avatar

    A delight for the heart and eyes. 💖 Thank you.

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    1. anne leueen Avatar

      You are most welcome!

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  11. susiesopinions Avatar

    How true. Mine is the beach, and boxing. 🏝🥊🥊

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  12. Robert Parker Avatar

    They’re surprisingly tough, aren’t they. I’m always seeing them in fields and woods, where there hasn’t been a farmhouse since the 1930’s, so some of those untended bulbs have been producing blooms for almost a century! Definitely a good symbol of resilience and staying power.

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  13. Irene Avatar

    They recovered beautifully. What a beautiful thought to consider us doing that well after some time. 😊

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    1. anne leueen Avatar

      I was surprised they came back so well as they looked so sad when I first put them into the mug with water.

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