Its pretty simple - they grow, bloom and continue to do so until their last moment. They don't know anything else. As for us, most of our life is controlled by us. We can work hard and reap the benefits, live healthy and live better as well as longer. It all comes down to our choices.
Do we look up and pursue what is right or
do we look back and wonder why did we make the choices that we did?
My thanks to Bob Parks for sharing the above to help us ponder our current situation. For me, I've learned that change happens and life goes on. At a minimum if we just tried to learn, laugh and love;
to be like the flower and to grow each day until our last one, we would be doing not too bad.
And don't forget. . . "Lift your eyes and look to the heaven. . . " Isaiah 40:26