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Share a Sunflower

diplomaticconfucious August 28th, 2018

You never know how much a simple gesture can brighten someone's day or even change their life -- so please let this brighten your day.

It's meaning is below the picture in a short tale of a life-altering experience.

The Sunflower Challenge began in 2017 when a young man, Danny Wakefield, in Washington state posted of an experience he had that changed his life and the life of another. This is his post below...

Last night I bought a sunflower to put on the windshield of someone I'm smitten with. After some consideration I decided not to since we had only been on one date, the night previous. Don't want to come off too strong, right? Anyway, I grabbed the flower on my way out this morning with the intention to give it to someone on my way to work so it didn't die alone. What happened next has left me changed in ways I don't even have words for yet.

While I was sitting and drinking my morning joe at the coffee shop (which I typically take to go), I saw a woman reading something with tears quietly and quickly sliding down her pale face. It was like there was a magnet in the sunflower that was being drawn to her, because I knew in that moment she was who I was going to give the sunflower to; she was who I had to give it to.

When I got to her table I said, "hey, pardon me. I have this sunflower that I was hoping to give to someone special and that someone I had in mind didn't work out, but I can feel that you're special too, so I want you to have it."

Before I could even hand her the sunflower, this complete stranger flew into my arms with tears flowing, and gratitude spewing, as if I was someone she once loved, and lost. It's what she said next that I'm still trying to grip.

She was crying because her fiancé had died the week before, just months before they were going to get married. On their first date he brought her a sunflower and from then on, got her sunflowers, never roses, because she was the light of his life.

Today, through me, he was able to show her that she'll always be the light of his life and how we as humans have a message to carry that goes far beyond words.

I'm shaken, awaken and feeling raw. You never know how much a simple gesture of giving someone a $5 flower will change their life, as well as yours. Life is about giving and being of service to others. I challenge you all to find a way to make someone else's life just a little bit brighter today and be of service. You never know the impact you could have.

#SunflowerChallenge

So tag a friend, post a flower, brighten a day -- or who knows, change a life.


Hey ... @MistyMagic @ASilentObserver @GuardianAngel77 @RumpleSteeleSkin @Gentlesunrise65 @DanaMH
@amiablePeace77 @soulsings this bud's for you laugh

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MistyMagic August 28th, 2018

@diplomaticconfucious

OMG!! thank-you!!!

Everyone will need a box of tissues to read that!!!!

@PalmTreesNRainbows @Kate @GuardianAngel77 @Soulsings @Gracey

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GuardianAngel77 August 29th, 2018

@MistyMagic

Yes definitely!! 😭😭😢😥!!

Gracey August 31st, 2018

@MistyMagic ohh wow! thank you for the lovely flower heart @danamh

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CalmWhisper22 August 31st, 2018

@Gracey

Thank you so much! I appreciate it a lot.

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caringPanda45 October 12th, 2018

@MistyMagic at least one box heart

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amiablePeace77 August 28th, 2018

@diplomaticconfucious

this is so beautiful, thank you for sharing.

tagging

@soulsings @AlexMercer22 @RumpleSteeleSkin @Saimak @SilentObserver @Dana @BeyondtheInvisible @Saifelhak74

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MeaningfulSilence August 28th, 2018

@amiablePeace77

laugh heart

SaimaK August 29th, 2018

@amiablePeace77 heartheartheart Thank you, Peace!!! heart

Saifelhak74 September 4th, 2018

@amiablePeace77

thank you yes heart cool

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amiablePeace77 September 4th, 2018

@Saifelhak74

coolheart

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soulsings August 28th, 2018

@diplomaticconfucious thanks for brightening my day.

Have a sunflower:

@amiablePeace77

@EmunahHere

amiablePeace77 August 28th, 2018

@diplomaticconfucious

@EmunahHere

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diplomaticconfucious OP August 29th, 2018

@amiablePeace77

Thanks amiable :)

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GuardianAngel77 August 29th, 2018

@diplomaticconfucious

Thank you very much for sharing this!!

It meant a lot to me!!

Not doing so well!! 😢😢😥😥😭😭😭😖😖😫😫

😧😟😟!!

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diplomaticconfucious OP August 29th, 2018

@GuardianAngel77

Glad to have brightened your day :)

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GuardianAngel77 August 29th, 2018

@diplomaticconfucious

Yeah!

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coconut333 September 4th, 2018

@independentHuman7054

heart

independentHuman7054 September 5th, 2018

@coconut333

<3 <3

Saifelhak74 September 5th, 2018

@calmPomegranate2721
yes heart coolangel

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calmPomegranate2721 September 7th, 2018

@Saifelhak74 😊 thank you Saif ❤️😇🌻

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Saifelhak74 September 9th, 2018

@calmPomegranate2721

be sure I'll be always ready for listen to you.

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CalmWhisper22 October 11th, 2018

Have a sunflower:

@SoulfullyAButterfly

@caringPanda45

@GustyOne4U

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SoulfullyAButterfly October 11th, 2018

@DanaMH omg thank you so much for the tag.

Have a flower:

@BeckyisHere

@emsworld

@Nenz

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CalmWhisper22 October 13th, 2018

@SoulfullyAButterfly

You are so welcome, I appreciate all the help that you do.

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caringPanda45 October 12th, 2018

@DanaMH thank you very much for that. Been a bad few days and brightened my day

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