Appreciating the Flowers, Appreciating the Garbage

Andrew R. French
3 min readFeb 2

A flower contains garbage, and garbage contains a flower.

This is what Zen teacher Thich Nhat Hanh noted, time and time again.

He passed away almost exactly a year ago. The flower that was his life became garbage, and yet the garbage that is death will once again become a flower.

Andrew R. French

Writer — Zen | Nature | Science | Health www.andrewrfrench.com

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