Flowers

Is there anyone who doesn't like or love flowers?

Or love the different shades of green foliage,

how they make a house look cool and inviting?

The sight of flowers whether in a garden or in a florist's is enough to lighten a heavy heart, so pretty are they to behold. Their colours are amazing. Only the Almighty could have fashioned them in such an amazing variety. There are flowers for all climes.

We in Malaysia have flowers that differ from those found in temperate countries.

No flower is ugly. There are only flowers with differing degrees of fragrance, except for the Rafflesia which is said to have a putrid odour. I've not seen one so I wouldn't know but I can believe those who have seen it and found it so.

Girls are often compared to flowers. Young girls are compared to buds that will come to full bloom in time. Love is also symbolised by the red rose. Other flowers also have meanings attached to them. Chrysanthemums, I believe, in some cultures, are associated with death. Carnations are given on Mother's Day, red roses on Valentine's Day. Jasmines are significant to the Indian community.

Roses and Jasmines have strong fragrance. The fragrance of roses differ according to their species. There are also roses that have hardly any fragrance. The pink rose in my garden has a very sweet fragrance, different from that of the red rose. I noticed that there are many more bees that buzz around the pink roses than the red ones.

I guess this is equally true of people. Some girls have more admirers than others. Whether it is the personality that is attractive or whether it is the overall physical beauty that draws people to them is only known to those that cluster around these girls. However there is the saying that "Beauty is but skin deep".

It is the inner beauty of a person that is more important and this becomes more apparent with age. As the outer beauty fades, the inner beauty surfaces. The eyes of a person are the windows of the soul. This is a general guide if one wants to assess the type of person standing before you. Shifty-eyed people will never look one in the face and this could mean that they have something to hide. However there are those who can tell a lie without batting an eyelid and there are also those who have eyes that reveal nothing. In such cases it would be extremely difficult to know what they are really like. Then again, it has been proven that "Familiarity breeds contempt" and this most regrettably is true when relationships, over a period of time, are taken for granted.

Just as a plant has to be nurtured into maturity and coaxed to flower, youngsters too require nurture and love in order for their personalities to develop and bloom. Their latent potential must be brought out. Just as every flower has its own beauty, a person, male or female, has his/her own beauty. We should never pre-judge anyone as it is said," Never judge a book by its cover" and "All that glitters is not gold".

Accept the person as he/she is and look for the good in them. Not all roses bloom beautifully. Some are deformed while still buds because of some pest attack but the fragrance is still there. Just as there are many types of plants and flowers, there are also different types of people and personalities. Enjoy the flowers, appreciate their beauty, take time to smell the roses and watch out for caterpillars that can destroy a beautiful green plant. My big pot of beautiful money plant was eaten bald completely within a short time. Thank goodness new leaves have sprouted again but it will be a while before it can grow to what it used to be.

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