Well, hello there. It's Morgan Harper-Nichols here. I'm an artist and a writer, and this is a space where I turn the lens on various topics and subjects in hopes to learn something new or see something in a new way. Today's piece is called One Thing You Can Hold On to When You Are Question questioning your worth. Thank you for listening.

Whenever you start to question your worth, I hope you can remember the flowers that bloom far out

into the wild where no one can see them. They live their full lives out in the sun, wind, and rain,

without human praise, without names. No painter paints them, no florist collects them.

Far out in the wild, they grow fully as they were meant to.

To be acknowledged and celebrated is a beautiful thing.

And yet, what if, like the unnamed flowers in wild fields,

we could bloom without it? What if we still had worth on the days

where no one thanked us? What if we still could become who we were meant to be, even when our

best efforts weren't noticed? Of course, on a biological level, we are very different

than the unnamed flower out in the wilderness. However, perhaps the flower's simple existence

can serve as a healing contrast to our overcomplicated lives, lives where we are daily

bombarded with messages that make us question what we are worth. Lives where outside validation

seems like the currency for a successful life.

Perhaps for all of the gifts of the modern world, it's easy to forget how complicated life has become.

When it comes to technology alone, there's so much we have to keep up with on a professional

and personal level on a daily basis.

The list of material things one needs to

supposedly live a happy and healthy life seems to keep growing each day. For many people,

every day, the idea of living a simple life seems to be getting further and further away.

So if you happen to feel that way,

may the wildflowers blooming far out in unreachable fields remind you of this.

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