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is a fast growing plant whose shoots symbolize life force and vigor.

BELOW Bamboos are a popular plant in Japanese gardens. Fresh bamboo shoots symbolize life force and vigor, since some varieties grow as fast as one notch a day. (26)

is, in China, suggestive of longevity, strength, and grace

is flexible, resident, bending with the wind but never breaking, capable of adapting to any circumstance.

Bamboo is flexible, bending with the wind but never breaking, capable of adapting to any circumstance. It suggests resilience, meaning that we have the ability to bounce back even from the most difficult times. . . . Your ability to thrive depends, in the end, on your attitude to your life circumstances. Take everything in stride with grace, putting forth energy when it is needed, yet always staying calm inwardly.

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