Thank you!
I love the pansy story and Mark’s poem so much. I was reminded of a time I was driving south on Route 1 from Bath to Brunswick and noticed something growing between the concrete median and the busy road. It was a sunflower! Traffic was flying by this flower and there appeared no bit of earth to support it. It seemed pretty miraculous to me, and I still look for such wonders when I travel by that spot.
Thanks for the reminder to keep eyes open for chance encounters with beauty.