What Sunflowers Know About Midlife

The sunflower theory is simple.

We know that sunflowers turn toward the sun and follow the light. But the sunflower theory extends beyond botany and goes on to say that when the sun is hidden by clouds or darkness, sunflowers then turn toward one another.

There are some things that do not need to be scientifically perfect to be true in the places where we feel them most. This one reached me there.

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