A rose by any other name would still be a rose. But what about this hardy cool weather flower? The flower world must think it odd that we have adopted the name of this hardy spring time flower to use as a name to make fun of someone who wants a soft life.
I’ve had this conversation with backpackers who call someone who wants to turn back and go home to their soft beds ‘pansy’. I’m no expert botanist but this I know about the pansy, it is anything but a ‘pansy’. I wouldn’t plant any other flower outside in Idaho in the spring. They wouldn’t last. Only the pansy. Hardy. Strong. Enduring. Long suffering.
Next time someone calls you a pansy, could it be admiration for your hardy, strong, enduring, long suffering ways?
Happy Spring!
1 Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom also we have obtained our introduction by faith into this grace in which we stand; and we exult in hope of the glory of God. 3 And not only this, but we also exult in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation brings about perseverance; 4 and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope; 5 and hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
Romans 5:1-5 (NASB)
Judy Barking
April 6, 2013 at 6:56 PMI don’t know about Idaho, but in Utah we also plant them in the fall and they will actually winter over, under the snow, and bloom again in spring! Pansies are TOUGH!