Waiting for the Dandelions

The big event of spring has almost arrived--the Dandelion Bloom. With pure yellow petals surrounding a golden inner ring, dandelions are a beautiful plant and are in fact hard to surpass when they're in full bloom. But what makes dandelions great is the quality for which they're so much despised--their super-tough hardiness. When the dandelions bloom, they're everywhere and no amount of spraying and digging can get rid of them.

People think of dandelions as weeds because they're so plentiful and because they don't need any human cultivation. But that's just a reflection of the grip of the middle-class sense of order on our minds. The fact that dandelions are everywhere does not diminish their beauty a single degree.

In fact, I would argue that the blanketing of yards with dandelions adds a major element to the beauty of the spring--

If only people could see an uncultivated multitude as beautiful.