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In particular, perennial root plants like the daffodil, daylily, hyacinth, tulip, barberry, forsythia, violet, bridal wreath, crocus, azalea and cherry blossom among others never forget their driving forces to be born again with creative vitality. It is so mysterious and joyful to see the sprouts rising from the ground and the buds coming out of the branches.
Each flower blooms according to its genetic traits. Thus, the colors, the smells, the features and the leaves are diverse and unique as well.
"DNA" is something like a genetic source or origin. According to online definitions, DNA (DeoxyriboNucleic Acid) is a double-helix molecule structure that contains unique genetic information including some instructions for a living organism to develop, grow, live and reproduce.
As in nature, it is very interesting to see the movement of DNA in our human existence. Thanks to DNA, siblings can resemble one another, but each personality or temperament is unique and colorful.
In my family, I and my second elder sister look a lot like each other in our physical appearances. Some people even confuse us, but the personality of my second sister is much more sociable, extroverted and positive.
As I take care of the gardens, I am realizing that my predisposition towards caring for nature originally comes from my parents: my father was a carpenter and my mother was a farmer. Naturally, my creative interest and enjoyable preference for flowers and trees originated from my family.
Because of my father being a carpenter, there were always various carpenter tools and wood chips at home. Wood chips were my toys; I used to carry some of them in a basket to play with on the elementary school grounds in the village.
Even now, it is such a great joy for me to saw pine branches to make a flowerbed fence. I also like to collect little pebbles to arrange in the flowerbeds.
Nobody ever taught me how to saw wood, plant flowers, arrange gardens or weed, but it is enjoyable for me to do this. It is clear that a particular creative sensibility is flowing spontaneously in my blood and in my body. That is how my individual DNA functions and operates in me.
My nature-loving personality helps me to have a good, creative, simple and positive point of view in life. Especially as a sister who belongs to the religious congregation of the Daughters of Saint Paul, my spiritual DNA is that of Saint Paul, who said, "It is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me" (Galatians 2:20).
In the beginning when our congregation was founded, people called our sisters by the name, "Pauline," meaning the daughters of Saint Paul. So, the name of our congregation became the "Daughters of Saint Paul (Figlie di San Paolo)".
As a result, having been educated and living in the convent, I am eager to live, witness, and proclaim Jesus as the Way, the Truth and the Life, which has become our spiritual DNA to follow.
The author is a member of the Daughters of St. Paul (Figlie di San Paolo), where she lives and gives good news to the world by means of social communication. Learn more about the congregation at fsp.pauline.or.kr.
