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bud
"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom"
I would like to know the deeper meaning of the above quotes in brief.
I would like to know the deeper meaning of the above quotes in brief.
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Hi A bud is the tightly-wrapped leaves and flowers of a plant When the bud unwraps, it becomes a flower - it blossoms I suppose the idea is that the bud is safer because it is protected. But, sooner or later, it has to blossom into a flower Dave
- Hi A bud is the tightly-wrapped leaves and flowers of a plant When the bud unwraps, it becomes a flower - it blossoms I suppose the idea is that the bud is safer because it is protected.
- But, sooner or later, it has to blossom into a flower Dave
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Hi
A bud is the tightly-wrapped leaves and flowers of a plant
When the bud unwraps, it becomes a flower - it blossoms
I suppose the idea is that the bud is safer because it is protected. But, sooner or later, it has to blossom into a flower
Dave
A bud is the tightly-wrapped leaves and flowers of a plant
When the bud unwraps, it becomes a flower - it blossoms
I suppose the idea is that the bud is safer because it is protected. But, sooner or later, it has to blossom into a flower
Dave
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Why are you dissatisfied?
It is a metaphor that says that we go through a time of growth when we are safe but, sooner or later, we have to take the risk of growing into something else
Dave
Why are you dissatisfied?
It is a metaphor that says that we go through a time of growth when we are safe but, sooner or later, we have to take the risk of growing into something else
Dave
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Thank you so much.
Is it something to know ourself and become our true self later? I don know some how the point is not very clear to me.
Is it something to know ourself and become our true self later? I don know some how the point is not very clear to me.
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Yes, that's true
But it is also about time. There is a time for the plant to be a bud and there is a time for it to blossom into a flower
The writer is saying that the bud "takes a risk" in becoming a flower. I'm not sure that is so
Perhaps, with business, it is true (and that's where your quote comes from): a business has to take a risk at some point, in order to beco
But it is also about time. There is a time for the plant to be a bud and there is a time for it to blossom into a flower
The writer is saying that the bud "takes a risk" in becoming a flower. I'm not sure that is so
Perhaps, with business, it is true (and that's where your quote comes from): a business has to take a risk at some point, in order to beco
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