Roses are Roses.

“Time is a created thing. To say 'I don't have time,' is like saying, 'I don't want to.” 

― Lao Tzu-

"Roses bloom in summer. Cherry blossoms bloom in spring. Cosmos bloom in fall. Just because one bloom earlier than the other, does that mean one is more beautiful than the other?! "

I saw the seminar by Kim Nando, the professor of Seoul University, where he talks to college/university students who are about to graduate and start their career. It sounded like the contents could apply to life in general. When you apply for a job, especially bigger company or government, they look for your college credit, extra activities, volunteering, interning, so on and so on... The way he explained was like this. 

A lot of people are trying to be DUCK when they are not, which can both swim and fly. However, when the company is looking for an EAGLE, which are excellent at flying, do they want to hire DUCK, just because the person can fly AND swim to a certain degree?! NO. They want somebody who is excellent at flying, which is an EAGLE. Instead of trying to do everything, focus on your specialty and work on it. What you excel is what make you stand out. Instead of trying to be everything and anything, be you. It's good that you are good at a lot of things. You have a lots of drawers to pull out from. At the same time, when you have a lots of options, it's also easy to get confused, I think. He said, you don't have to find who you are, what you do is who you are.  I love that. George Barnard Shaw said “Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.”  When we think we lost who we are, or not sure what path to follow, we often say "I need to find who I am". The way we get confused. The way we struggle. The way we search... everything is part of who we are. That's a part of our journey. Everything we experience teaches us what we need to know. Every person we meet teaches us something we need to learn. How we react, how we learn, how we adapt... that's what makes us who we are. What happened to us, we cannot change, but how we go from there, that we have a choice. 

You don't have to compare yourself to others. Roses are not more beautiful than cherry blossoms. Cherry blossoms are not less beautiful than tulips. Every flowers are beautiful in their own way, just like we are. 

Love, Hope, Faith