Sunflowers

Is there anything that we can do to quicken the ripening of the fruit of Self-realization? While faith and patience are the most important attitudes, self-effort is also needed. There is, in nature, a wonderful symbol of the balance between the effort and the patience that are required. In Italian, the sunflower is called “girasole,” or “sun-turner.” While a plant cannot force its seeds to ripen, the humble sunflower can turn itself to keep facing the sun.
Here are a few ways we can stay turned toward the Divine Light.