The lotus flower is a symbol of compassion, of overcoming troubles and difficulties and of enlightenment. Because even though the lotus flower grows in a muddy and dirty environment, it is always perfectly clean. This seemingly miraculous flower is not valuable to me because it is clean. In fact, the lotus flower is wonderful for me because it has a meaning that makes us question some of our values.

So if you were a lotus flower, would you like to be clean and pure despite everything? Isn't it nice to get dirty sometimes? Isn't that part of life? Isn't it part of our experience and process and also part of the moment we live in?

This is where the lotus flower reminds me of self-compassion... It reminds me that maybe sometimes we need to accept the difficulties and negativities we experience as they are and remind ourselves that we can't be perfect and we need to embrace ourselves with self-compassion.

Here is the story of the lotus flower for me

And what did it remind you of?