Rose of Sharon triumphs

During the renovation, my little planted areas took a beating.  Some plants just gave up, others were trodden on, equipment put down on them, ladders settled into their roots, and still they rose.

Here's the little Rose of Sharon, planted last fall as a tiny shrub, and literally downtrodden repeatedly, broken, replanted three times, and suddenly she took off last week, and here's her first blossom.  She has about a dozen buds all of a sudden.

I think there's a lesson in here!