Rising from mud, opening to light, flower of awakening.
In Egypt, India, and Asia, the lotus was sacred — a symbol of creation, purity, and spiritual birth.
Purity, resilience, enlightenment. The lotus shows beauty emerging from shadowed waters.
It reminds us that challenges are the soil of growth, and from struggle blooms clarity.
Close your eyes and picture a lotus opening. Ask: what within me is ready to bloom now?
The lotus endures because light always calls life upward, no matter how deep the mud.
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