Love Blooms (or does the wind pry away the flower's leaves?)

This is simply titled "Love Blooms."

I think that this statement is beautiful and true. I also know that shedding the outside leaves for the flower to bloom must be a little painful at times.

I was talking with a dear friend of mine from school today and we spoke about all the changes in our lives, all that we are learning from. Each relationship we have at school, what happens with our families, all the difficult situations that seem to come out of nowhere--they all are learning situations. Life is full of learning situations at the moment

We laughed that even when it's difficult, both of us want to learn, we want to grow. Then why does it have to be so damn difficult?

I smiled to myself and thought, that's why they call what we are going through, "growing pains."