the roses bloom so beautifully because they are not trying to become lotuses. and the lotuses bloom so beautifully because they have not heard the legends about other flowers. everything in nature goes so beautifully in accord, because nobody is trying to compete with anybody, nobody is trying to become anybody else. everything is the way it is. just be yourself and remember you cannot be anything else, whatsoever you do. all effort is futile. you have to be just yourself.