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y kinda do, huh?</p><p id="8b8a">As we continued walking I started feeling a glow inside that I couldn’t explain. Something felt alright with the world. Something good was and is about to happen. I don’t know what it is or when it will happen but… the Daffodils told me so. <b>Their presence was a divine present.</b></p><p id="caa0">Daffodils are a sign of rebirth and renewal.</p><div id="b553" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/just-a-bunch-of-fun-facts-about-daffodils-9f6f9cc44139"> <div> <div> <h2>Just a Bunch of Fun Facts About Daffodils</h2> <div><h3>This flower played a surprising role in Greek Mythology and was named after a beer</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*bYVQslT0EFDAK9NBExZEHw.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="40b2">They’re also one of the first harbingers of Spring (my favorite season). Spring is always a special time for me because of the newness unfolding out in nature and within myself. It was not overlooked that this happened the day before the first day of Spring.</p><figure id="988a"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*TSwdYuYbtkcnDdzLYR0IAg.jpeg"><figcaption>Image by Author</figcaption></figure><p id="1a12">The reason this cup of happiness is my first nowism is because I believe these flowers found me. Especially because I was <i>just</i> having a conversation about how there is no beauty in the hood. Yet, not onl

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y did I spot these beauties in the hood… They were carefully placed <i>in</i> an empty McDonald’s cup.</p><p id="4f50">Unlikely, yes.</p><p id="fe65">Uncanny, absolutely.</p><p id="e29c">But nevertheless, beautiful.</p><p id="4340">These Daffodils gave me the unexpected confirmation that beauty is in all places, even in rough neighborhoods, like mine. Sometimes you just have to look. Not to mention there were two Daffodils in the cup, not one.</p><p id="1d8d">One for me and my partner.</p><p id="cf24">Which gently reminds me;</p><p id="6b0f">Our love blossomed in the hood that we’ve both been planted in. We have both maintained our soft hearts despite living in hard circumstances and each losing a child here, which led both of us to the hardest lesson of all.</p><figure id="ca5e"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*pJ0uY8_Ci78cefBmjKhxow.jpeg"><figcaption>Image by Author</figcaption></figure><p id="47b3">Grow where you are planted ❤</p><p id="6000">(Simply because you can.)</p><div id="b180" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/about-me-lc-19cbea34ad28"> <div> <div> <h2>About Me — Linda Sharp</h2> <div><h3>The writer who has to write in order to stay alive — I am not kidding.</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*LISQTaWQPcBGUhFl9WPRBQ.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="4a22"><i>© Linda Sharp 2024. All Rights Reserved.</i></p></article></body>

I Found a Cup of Happiness Today

and learned a very valuable life lesson

Hey everyone,

I’m new to the publication and this is my first nowism so please bear with me. I saw the beauties above while walking back home from a dentist appointment with my partner today. We were both venting about living in a rough neighborhood.

Our immediate environment makes it hard for us to feel safe enough to be ourselves because we’re constantly in survival mode. We were comparing the lives we have to the ones we want; while pointing out the beauty of living in other neighborhoods. Out of nowhere, something on the ground caught my eye. It was bright yellow.

Whatever it was was inside of a McDonald’s cup. It looked like a flower but I thought I had to be imagining things. Why would a flower be in a McDonald’s cup? Me being me, I went to go check it out.

I stopped walking to circle back and sure enough, inside a McDonald’s Cafe cup were these two beautiful Daffodils.

I picked up the cup to see if they were real daffodils — they were. I took that as a sign so… naturally, I took them home.

Gifts like these don’t just fall into your lap or, in my case, randomly appear on your path. Well, actually… I guess they kinda do, huh?

As we continued walking I started feeling a glow inside that I couldn’t explain. Something felt alright with the world. Something good was and is about to happen. I don’t know what it is or when it will happen but… the Daffodils told me so. Their presence was a divine present.

Daffodils are a sign of rebirth and renewal.

Just a Bunch of Fun Facts About Daffodils

This flower played a surprising role in Greek Mythology and was named after a beer

medium.com

They’re also one of the first harbingers of Spring (my favorite season). Spring is always a special time for me because of the newness unfolding out in nature and within myself. It was not overlooked that this happened the day before the first day of Spring.

The reason this cup of happiness is my first nowism is because I believe these flowers found me. Especially because I was just having a conversation about how there is no beauty in the hood. Yet, not only did I spot these beauties in the hood… They were carefully placed in an empty McDonald’s cup.

Unlikely, yes.

Uncanny, absolutely.

But nevertheless, beautiful.

These Daffodils gave me the unexpected confirmation that beauty is in all places, even in rough neighborhoods, like mine. Sometimes you just have to look. Not to mention there were two Daffodils in the cup, not one.

One for me and my partner.

Which gently reminds me;

Our love blossomed in the hood that we’ve both been planted in. We have both maintained our soft hearts despite living in hard circumstances and each losing a child here, which led both of us to the hardest lesson of all.

Grow where you are planted ❤

(Simply because you can.)

About Me — Linda Sharp

The writer who has to write in order to stay alive — I am not kidding.

medium.com