When I was young, I used to see sunflower as the flower that moves towards the sun. As I get older and recently discovered more that sunflower is a flower of hope.
The sunflower moves itself in the most direct position in front of the sun just so it can get the maximum amount of sun rays.
To many spiritual faith and beliefs this movement symbolises spiritual faith as we follow our belief system just like the sunflower moves to face the life-giving rays of the sun.
I particularly like a Greek symbol of sunflower, according to a story the sunflower is a symbol of a water nymph known as "Clytie". Clytie turned into a sunflower after grieving over the loss of her love "Appllo".
As the sunflower (Clytie) is always moving to face the sun is because she is looking for Appllo's return so she might once again be together with her love.
As I am Chinese the sunflower represents "long life" and "good luck" the yellow is simply a colour of luck, power and intelligence as well as happiness.
I never planted a sunflower in my life before, the last time where I touched a sunflower seed was when I was around the age of 11 in a French class on a Saturday and as learnt how to say "Happy Mother's Day" and I made a sunflower card don't dear mother.
Many years later, being the age of 23 I am touching sunflower seeds again for a different reason. I think about the special person who is currently under a lot of stress. I hope things will improve soon. I hope the relationship between myself and that person will improve and grow to be strong.
A lot of hoping here but a main reason why the sunflower is so special is, I once watched a video when I was younger and they used to scare me a little as they seem to move along in different directions. I always imagine a sunflower inside it's pot, standing tall, the leaves are the hands and it has adorable beady eyes saying "Don't worry, be happy.". Which just started the tune of "Don't worry, about a thing, cause every little thing is gonna be alright".
