Flowers mean different things to different people. you will find there are those who will love to have them in their house, for the sole purpose of getting that warm feeling that is created by the different colors from different flowers. they also give a warmly and homely feeling when you walk into the house. then there is also that sweet smelling aroma and the fresh air in the house.
Other people don’t like he idea of taking flowers to the sick because they feel they bring out that vibe of death. and given that you want that person to be well the best thing is to avoid the flowers your better taking them a card to wish them well.
For others flowers are supposed to be use at funerals and at weddings. for the funeral part, at least they give that farewell though as a loving memory like to say you were cherished and you lived among us like a flower you blossomed when you were alive and now when the flower withers then they say you are now gone but you shall forever remain in our thoughts. For the wedding part of it i think everyone likes to have flowers adorn their walk way and the surroundings. it brings out the beautiful scenery and ambiance. so for weddings its just right there is no other way about it. for me flowers work either way though i have never taken flowers to a patient in the hospital. i love to have freshly cut flowers in the house for that fresh air, and last but not least flowers are an obvious way to bring someone closer to you. it brings out the whole feeling of love and that’s just the most beautiful thing ever. it has worked for me several times so i am talking out of experience.

Very well said @anita.Everyone has their own purpose of having a flower.
As being observed, girls are more fun of having flowers at home than boys. maybe it’s a girls’ nature to have colorful things around them.

Flowers means a lot to everyone depending on such reasons.

I love flowers especially roses of all sort. Flowers can cure an aching heart.It could also mean love and remembering someone close to our heart.There are so many lovely flowers in the world and they are like ladies many bees want to fly and sip their nectar the same was a humans if lovely lady many want to e near her and long to be hers for life.

@ma’am Cely, yeah, we can compare a flower to a lady. They are beautiful and refreshing to the eye of man. 🙂 Flowers are also like a lady that needs to be taken care and be loved whole heartedly.

Flowers are what that give life vibrance and add color to the happenings. We too had a garden in my childhood my mother was very fond of gardening. There were roses of different variety like the pink rose both big and small and the white too, the yellow rose, the one with mustard color, jasmine, kanakambaram violet and mustard varieties, crotons, daisy, lily and many others.

They are very important for pollination and aid the process or growth of flora in the environment. There was also a jasmine which does not give any fragrance at all. Red roses also used to be there. Usually the month of june when monsoon sets in is the time we used to plant saplings as the weather is ideal for the plants to grow. Memories of the same are etched in my mind even today. My mother had a good hand in planting as whatever she used to plant used to grow while we were not so fortunate.

Growing flower plants is really a difficult task. They rejuvenate our mood. This is not the work of women and ladies only but also of the men. But, we should be careful in selecting the flower plants. Some flower plants do not suit certain people, though we may like for them. They react with our skin and upset our moods even. My daughter is not having a taste for Chrysanthemum and it is my favorite. I can not go for it as she does not like it. My wife does not feel good with lily. So, I am avoiding it. The rest are safe. We discussed over it and finally made a list of plants we should have for our home.

I started writing in vernacular when I was an elementary student. I learned writing it that way when my mother taught me reading from a regional magazine, Yuhum, written in our local dialect, Ilonggo. When my mother going home after some marketing in our humble market place, she bought me a new issue of the said magazine. Then I took it and found a better place where I could read it by not being disturbed. I found the short stories entertaining and I thought for myself what about if I could write my own fictitious short stories of various theme or setting for the readers to read about.

Now the break of writing my first short story started about the tidal wave that had happened somewhere in Mindanao. After writing the entire story, I mailed it to the magazine’s post address. A month or so later, I received a postal money order as payment of my published short story. That’s how I started writing and later it went through writing poems, essays, and other related writing works for publication had become a reality. As far as I could remember I have been writing now for almost 26 years in the newspaper as a columnist and 6 years as a blogger.

Wow, that was applausable achievements you have. There was no impossible in achieving something as you did if one is only persistent to doing things that worth.

I am so impressed with what you achieved. Someday soon I will also be like you. 🙂 I was inspired by your story and now, my mind is full of dreams to fulfill. A dream of making something that is worth to share through writing. I believe that writing here in literacybase was a good start for more productive writing.

It is so nice if one who is being bullied knows how to deal with it like you did. Sad to say, some are so weak to overcome it, which made them think of committing suicide.
Most children are the victim of bullying, that is why it is advisable for parents to always monitor their Child. They should guide their child in overcoming problems caused by other person.

Sometimes it takes standing up for yourself and others. Our job is to teach the younger generations how to approach different type of bulling and to let them know it is okay to open up and let us know how they feel. Many of these young ones think no one care or that parent/s are too busy to care about them. We need to start being more open with kids and directing them towards the right path. In this day and age all over there is violence and hate. We need to spread more love. It is on us as the other generations to give them love. It takes a community to raise a child. If we all just gave love and support to the children maybe that would make a difference. Or maybe just make a safe place for kids to go to talk about what’s going on in their lives. Just a thought.

I must agree with your thought about how to raise a child @rashawn. That is certainly needed in order for the child to cope when they are bullied; love it is.

Speaking up their thoughts as a child or showing their real emotion is what they surely have to do. But in some cases, children are afraid of talking about their problems because they think they will just receive a rejection in return instead of comfort.

That’s exactly what the internet and the computer should be used. And aside from that, it is an easier means of a fast communication that does not take a day or a month to receive responses from families and friends away from us.

It is definitely good if one can use internet and electronic gadgets as a source of income as you do. But in most cases, the use of it are abused by the users.

Here are three reasons why following a healthy diet is important:

to maintain health by preventing loss of muscle strength, bone mass, and vitamin deficiency states;
to prevent diseases such as heart attacks, strokes, obesity, osteoporosis, and certain cancers; and
to help control and/or treat chronic diseases and conditions such as high blood pressure, diabetes mellitus, sleep apnea, and celiac disease.

Maintaining health

The body requires carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, and minerals to maintain healthy organs, bones, muscles, and nerves, and to produce hormones and chemicals that are necessary for the proper function of organs.

Yes, saving the earth is always a topic and a project of government and NGOs’ as you mentioned. Even public schools, colleges, and universities have this as one of their projects, but sometimes, we cannot see the improvement of the cleanliness of our environment because people lack discipline when it comes to proper disposal of garbage. It is indeed a simple act but only few can maintain it.
I do agree that sustainability of cleaning our environment is one solution to save the earth from pollution. We should not stop from doing it.