Seen from above, the cycle works like this. 1. **Flower → Smile** - A tiny bit of money travels from a book purchase to a school’s flower bank. - When enough flowers are present, the school is invited to transform them into smiles by gifting stories outward. 2. **Smile → Flower** - Each story received by an older person or distant school is a smile that slays a small piece of the dragon of loneliness. - When enough smiles are recorded, the flower bank converts into a tangible learning gift. 3. **Flower + Smile → Ongoing Circle** - The school benefits from books and learning experiences. - Grateful families and readers may in turn choose to buy more smiley books, support more projects, or send their own stories, seeding the next bush.
digraph WateringWithSmilesParallel { rankdir=TB; fontsize=11; node [shape=box style="rounded" fontsize=10]; // Row 1: three parallel actions FlowersStart [label="Adults buy\nflower-marked books"]; ChildSmileStart [label="Children create\n& share stories"]; AdultSmileStart [label="Adults give time\nmentoring / support"]; { rank = same; FlowersStart; ChildSmileStart; AdultSmileStart; } // Row 2: three parallel accumulators FlowersAccum [label="Flowers accumulate\nin school flower bush"]; ChildSmileAccum [label="Child smileys\naccumulate"]; AdultSmileAccum [label="Adult smileys\naccumulate"]; { rank = same; FlowersAccum; ChildSmileAccum; AdultSmileAccum; } // Row 3: combined threshold + outcome CombinedKeys [shape=diamond label="Enough flowers\nand smileys"]; Workshop [label="Literacy workshop\nbooks + facilitation\nactivated"]; // Vertical flows (can run in parallel) FlowersStart -> FlowersAccum [label="0.42 units\nper book"]; ChildSmileStart -> ChildSmileAccum [label="stories, art,\nsongs received"]; AdultSmileStart -> AdultSmileAccum [label="mentoring,\nmedia help,\noutreach"]; // All three streams feed the combined threshold FlowersAccum -> CombinedKeys; ChildSmileAccum -> CombinedKeys; AdultSmileAccum -> CombinedKeys; // When thresholds met, project unlocks CombinedKeys -> Workshop; }