struck on flex with image

I had a image and an paragraph but the paragraph is just one line and the height of the image is so long , I added a flex on it so it can come up with side by side , I am struck at how to reduce the height of the image so that it can be properly aligned with paragraph ... Exactly I want to make as the picture below here is the codepen link https://codepen.io/GOPI-CHAND-SADINENI/pen/dyxbLbb