Sunday, March 21, 2010

The substance of a flower

(c) By: Sharon Slaton Howell



"How do you grow such flowers?"

My neighbors would ask.

I used to say, "feeding and watering?"

Lest they think I'm a bit odd.

But now I come right out and say,

"I talk to them,

Tell them how pretty they look,

How well they're doing."

After all, don't you like a little praise

Every now and then?

But in the final analysis,

It is truly feeling that

It is God Himself who is

The substance of a flower.*



*Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures
p. 508, by Mary Baker Eddy