I love flowers! Most photos on my phone are of different kinds of flowers. I like to hunt for lovely wildflowers by the way side of a river that no one notices. I often meditate and enjoy them as my friends, and they also teach me many lessons in life. They are so tiny, quiet and lovely!

However, one day, when I felt stressed, I asked a friend if she would like to visit a peaceful countryside parish in Manitoba, and take me with her. On the way, there was “a mess of thoughts”, and feelings of fatigue, anxiety, fear, depression… invaded my being.

The busy streets and houses of Winnipeg gradually disappeared, and before my eyes were stretched wheat fields. Then beautiful yellow canola fields appeared. I felt my soul at ease…

For a while, I couldn’t take in the vast sunflower fields appearing in front of my sight. The tall vertical flowers, facing the sun to receive the peaceful rays of a new day, seemed extraordinary.

“Excuse me, could you stop here a little bit please?” I asked the driver.

Then my friend drove onto a small road and stopped the car. I hurriedly opened the car door and ran into the fields. I enjoyed looking at the beautiful bright sun flowers. They seemed like friends who understood what was going on in my mind and heart. It reminded me of Psalm 25:5 “Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my savior. For you I wait all the long day, because of your goodness, LORD”.

Thanks so much my sunflower friends, now I know what to do! There is only one necessary thing as you always turn to the sun, I also seek only God in all things.

And the end of that day, my spiritual journey in my diary was a watercolor painting of my friend SUNFLOWER WELCOMING THE NEW LIGHTS.

Now I share that watercolor painting with you.