An Ode to a Sunflower

November Six Word Photo Story Challenge: “Happiness”

Happiness is the smile of sunflowers

Who knows what may lie around the next corner? There may be a window somewhere ahead. It may look out on a field of sunflowers.

-Joe Hill

I was so excited when I stumbled upon a vast sunflower field in the middle of bustling Pune city. Sunflower is a synonym for happiness and positivity. As a photographer, it never stops inspiring me. Needless to say, I became a regular visitor in this particular field, carrying a camera and tripod on my back. Happiness is nature in full bloom!

Can anyone tell me why the sunflower is always facing the sun?

Ah! Sun-flower

-By William Blake

Ah Sun-flower! weary of time,

Who countest the steps of the sun:

Seeking after that sweet golden clime

Where the travellers journey is done.

Where the youth pined away with desire,

And the pale virgin shrouded in snow:

Arise from their graves and aspire,

Where my sunflower wishes to go.

Keep your face to the sunshine, you cannot see the shadow. It is what sunflowers do.

-Helen Keller

Thank you so much Vidya Sury, Collecting Smiles for this inspiring November, Happiness Prompt on Six Word Photo Story Challenge .

Thank you very much, Mary Chang Story Writer, for adding me as a writer to this beautiful publication!