Where Flowers Grow
A man journeyed to the mountain top in search of enlightenment.
He left all his belongings and possessions behind, and went only by himself. At the
mountain top, he breathed deep, looking around just in time to catch a most Beautiful
Sunrise coming over the horizon. He thought, surely this is where I belong, and he decided
to stay. But, first he thought it right that he should return below and properly store and
save all of his past possessions, for they represented his past life, which he would need
no more.
When he returned to his home he gathered all his possessions, pictures, and momentous
from childhood. He thought to himself, I do not need to store these, for I have moved from
childhood. I do not need the things of my childhood. I will bury them.
So, he dug a hole, placing all his childhood possessions inside. Thinking about this,
he decided that he could also place the things of his youth there, for he would not need
them anymore either. He returned home and gathered his school work and other possessions
from his youthful endeavors. He brought them back to the hole, and placed these things in
it too. Now, he thought of his adulthood achievements, holdings, belongings, and
possessions, the tools of his career. Again, he realized that he would not need these
things any longer either. So, one more time he returned home, gathered all the things of
his adulthood, returned to the hole, and placed them there as well, burying his last
remaining possessions.
Once finished, he started back up to the mountain top. After a while, he stopped to
look back at the hillside where he had buried his things. He saw only one lonely sunflower
swaying in the wind where he had left the freshly covered dirt.
