A Lotus Grows in the Mud she calls her "Gifts". This spiritual quote, which led to the title of the book, Hawn received from the Venerable Thupten Ngodrup. He is the Nechung Oracle of the Nechung Dorje Drayang Ling Monastery in Dharamsala, India. "The lotus is the most beautiful flower, whose petals open one by one. But it will only grow in the mud. In order to grow and gain wisdom, first you must have the mud --- the obstacles of life and its suffering. ... The mud speaks of the common ground that humans share, no matter what our stations in life. ... Whether we
Lotus Flower Bomb which appeared on his 2011 mixtape "O.E.M.O.". The music video shot in Atlanta, Georgia, was directed by Taj. The video depicts a scene from "Poetic Justice", where Wale is a mailman who is trying to charm the beauty salon owner played by Bre Scullark from "America's Next Top Model". The car depicted in the video is a Lotus Evora. "Lotus Flower Bomb" charted on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot 100 on the week of October 18, 2011 at #87. The song has peaked at #38 on the Hot 100, making it Wale's biggest hit as a lead artist, until his 2013