This little guy was on the way to the Conservatory Garden in Central Park.
I had just crossed through the train overpass on East 103rd Street, with my mind thinking of tulips, or daffodils. But I stopped and thought, I have never introduced myself to a dandelion. As a kid they were common friends as one rolls down a hill and gets grass stains on their shoulders and knees. But now, maybe, unfortunately they get overlooked…
So I said hello, and his warm, radiant mane shined back at me and he offered some advice. “There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” And I replied, “Albert Einstein said that! I know that quote!” And the dandelion said, “Good, let us both live that way during our time here…”
