Flowering Still
~ Written June 15, 2026. Reflections on happiness, growth, and the quiet fulfillment found in living according to one’s purpose.
We only think that we know what will bring us happiness, and with great effort and travel we strive as madmen to clench it as our own. Yet always in the end, whether we obtain that thing or not, our hearts are soon left weeping and wanting. For happiness was never in it, and the truth be told, it has never been “out there.”
Everything under the sun has its purpose. Even our own tears become streams and dew drops that nourish our deepest growth. Our lives are continually flowering magnificently that others may know that a master is tending this garden.
I think it quite amazing to know that in the entire life of a wildflower, it may never be seen nor admired by a single human eye. Yet it flowers still and cowers for no one. It flowers because that is its purpose, and radiant it is in that purpose!
~ Shambo
Shambo
Shambo ~ Mark D. Hulett is a writer and contemplative voice from South Georgia, where nature, long-term sobriety, and the teachings of nonduality have formed the ground of his life. Influenced by Christ, Ramana Maharshi, Nisargadatta Maharaj, and Dr. Wayne W. Dyer, his reflections speak from the heart — inviting readers and listeners into clarity, compassion, and quiet return to their own heart.