Jasmine: Delicate & Powerful

I like jasmine very much. This is the jasmine plant that's currently in our kitchen. 

We brought it inside because it wouldn't survive the winter outside. It has a protective cage around it because our cats are most interested in soil from the garden and also in any live plants. 

Jasmine 1

One flower has just bloomed. The flowers of this type of jasmine are small, white, star-like. Here it is, gracefully rising up from the stem, safe behind the netting.   

Jasmine flower - side view

Jasmine shows one can be delicate or subtle and powerful at the same time. Its scent is fragrant and penetrating, spreading out through the room.  I am grateful to know from Aesthetic Realism that beauty is a oneness of opposites, and a guide for our lives. 

Jasmine flower close up