“FLOWERS always make people better, happier and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine to the soul.” (Lurther Burbank)
“To see a world in a grain of sand and heaven in a wild flower / Hold infinity in the palm of your hand and eternity in an hour.” (William Blake)
“Nobody sees a flower really, it is so small. We haven’t time and to see takes time---like to have a friend takes time.” (Georgia O’Keeffe)
“Consider the lilies of the valley how they grow: they toil not, they spin not, and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.” (Jesus Christ, Luke 12:27)
“The Amen of nature is always a flower.” (Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.)
The above statements is a bouquet of wisdom inspired by flowers. Nothing can match the joy of seeing flowers, if we have the time to appreciate their colors, petal shapes and fragrances.
My friend Rosse G. disagreed with me. “Nope, not true. I think I will have a big smile if someone gave me a bouquet made of P1,000 bills.”
I countered, “You will not be smiling after that. Don’t you know there’s a law against even folding a peso bill?” That aside, we did agree that flowers lighten up a room.
“A flower lifts the spirit the way a not cup of brewed coffee lifts ups man’s mood.” I shared with Rosse G. my new flower nugget wisdom.
“That’s great! But did you know March 12 is National Plant a Flower Day?” I thanked my friend for the idea she gave me.
I do have flowering plants at home, all in miserable pots. Miserable because some pots are made of recycled car tires, used plastic pails and chipped clay pots. I know clay and ceramic pots make the best containers for potted plants, but I have to make do with what I have.
I do not have garden space, so I am forced to cultivate easy-growing plant in pots: green onions, alogbate, lemonsito and some flowering ornamental plants.
There are days I neglect to water them. They bravely struggle to live through hot days until their cries reach my soul. I get my watering can early in the morning and water my oregano, purple hearts (also known as purple queen), anthuriums and euphorbias. I till the dry soil, add organic fertilizer and give my plants a good drink.
After I watered my plants, I promised them that I would be a better gardener. Although I thought they would not survive, I was pleasantly surprised to see them upright and vibrant the next day. It was their salute to my contrition, their restored trust in my light green thumb and their joy for serving.