When you are willing to open your heart, you will see more possibilities.
Before a platycodon flower opens, its bud is plump like a little balloon; once it blooms, it becomes an elegant star-shaped flower.
A girl bought a pot of platycodon, thinking the buds would not change any further.
A few days later, she found the flowers had slowly opened, revealing beautiful petals.
She suddenly wondered — wasn't she often the same?
In a new environment, she would close her heart first; meeting unfamiliar people, she would assume they wouldn't understand her.
Later, she began to practice listening a little more, looking a little more, and giving new relationships a little time.
She discovered the world is wider than she had imagined.
A little more auspiciousness, a little more joy, and good fortune a little closer.
This series draws on the culture of Chinese medicinal herbs, plant culture, natural imagery, and wordplay as creative inspiration for quiet companionship and self-reflection. It does not constitute Traditional Chinese Medicine diagnosis, medication advice, or guidance for the treatment of disease.
