Espy has continued to be a cool conversation piece around the office…these amaryllis plants are enough to shock anybody with their amazing growth…

Espy was 22.3 cm 2 weeks ago…

a week ago she was 31.0 cm

and on Friday she was up to 41.6 cm…

Ah-MAZE-ing

I have to admit though, the growth of her lush green leaves left me admiring her…and a little concerned…I was worried all we’d have are 6 beautiful leaves…her flower bud seemed like it might never show up…but two weeks ago, the bud poked through…it was only a few days till she was clearly growing…and over the course of last week, the flower stalk was measurably taller every day…see:

I have to admit that part of what got me worried was that when I picked up Espy for the office, I picked up one more to have at home.  Melanie and I planted Espy at the office one Friday afternoon…and I didn’t plant the one at home until a full 10 days later.

I’m not sure if it’s because I planted it later and it sat in the box longer before planting, or if it’s because the one at home gets more sunlight, or because it’s red, and we’re understanding that Espy will be more of a delicate pink and white…

but whatever the reason…

Espy’s cousin looks like this:

It’s been so interested that Espy’s leaves were so significant, we wondered if the flower would come, while her cousin’s bloom has been so prominent, the leaves have hardly bothered to show up.

Which one is better?
Neither!
Which one did it right?
Is there a right way? I don’t think so.

Two plants, so similar, yet so different.  The tendency for me to compare them, and worry about each of them in different ways, was powerful…yet, quite, I think, unnecessary. 

I found it really interesting how having two had me compare them, and worry about one or the other, because they were so different.  And I find myself pulled to wonder why they are so different…

…and yet, even more I’m finding myself called to appreciate each one for it’s own beauty, it’s own style, it’s own way of “being”…and to just appreciate it.

When we let go of how things should be and just find pleasure in what “is”, perspective shifts, and it’s good.