Too many times we weigh down the children in our lives with our needs and our expectations, instead of sitting back and letting them just be themselves. We find pansies and tulips coming up in our garden, and expect them to be zuchinis and tomatoes. Let the tulips be tulips. And the pansies be pansies. I certainly don't mind begin compared to a pansy.
Pansies are a very robust flower.
I can plant them in the cold, wet winter and have blossoms by springtime, and they will continue to bloom again and again throughout the summer and fall. They often survive the first frost of autumn, remaining green until true cold sets in. And in early spring they sprout up fresh and green, ready to grace us with their cute face-like blossoms once more. They aren't as glamorous as roses or exotic as orchids. But they are beautiful.