On Which Side of the Road Do the Flowers Grow? Quotes

“On which side of the road do the flowers grow? Not on the side of the perfect jar, but on the side of the one you would have me throw away—the one with all the imperfections.”
― Wendell E. Mettey, On Which Side of the Road Do the Flowers Grow?

“Dusty roads. Lonely people. Fellow travelers. We are all searching for the side of the road where the flowers grow.”
― Wendell Mettey, On Which Side of the Road Do the Flowers Grow?

“I had a choice to make a long time ago. I could either choose to cry or I could choose to laugh!” She paused, “And guess what? I chose to laugh!”
― Wendell Mettey, On Which Side of the Road Do the Flowers Grow?

“Then one day it happened. It had been there all along, but he hadn’t noticed it before. A little thing actually, yet big enough to completely change his life forever. Looking down at it, he smiled. At that very moment, he realized that while he could not change his job, his job did not determine who he was as a person. He had no control over the job the master gave him, only how he would perform it. There it was at his feet—a delicate, beautiful example of how any job given by the master, if he was obedient, could bring about something wonderful.”
― Wendell Mettey, On Which Side of the Road Do the Flowers Grow?

“he realized that while he could not change his job, his job did not determine who he was as a person. He had no control over the job the master gave him, only how he would perform it.”
― Wendell E. Mettey, On Which Side of the Road Do the Flowers Grow?

“They do not grow on the side of the perfect jar. You are correct, not a drop of water is lost from the perfect jar. The side of the road where the flowers grow is on the side of the imperfect jar, the one with cracks, the imperfect one. It is the blemished and worn jar that brings the flowers to life in the spring and waters them all summer long.”
― Wendell Mettey, On Which Side of the Road Do the Flowers Grow?

“Walking”
― Wendell E. Mettey, On Which Side of the Road Do the Flowers Grow?

“If people say something bad about you, live your life so nobody will believe them.”
― Wendell E. Mettey, On Which Side of the Road Do the Flowers Grow?