Besides the myriads of beautiful things that flowers are known for, they are also have a therapeutic effect on us. Flowers just make you feel good, and you like having flowers around as much as possible. Flowers have the power to lift your spirits.
A thing of beauty is joy forever and flowers surpass everything in beauty. A room full of aromatic flowers makes you feel good and your stress seems to dissolve in the wonderful scent of those flowers. Giving and receiving flowers has a charm beyond compare. You just feel you're on cloud nine with flowers around you.
Until now there was not any scientific reason or research to prove that flowers could actually affect your mood and make you happy. However now there is a scientific backing to the claims about the flower power. The researchers at Rutgers University after doing a 10-month study came to a conclusion that there is a linkage between flowers and moods and this research could prove to be the foundation stone of a whole new paradigm in therapy. This has now led to emergence of a new form of therapy- the flowers therapy.
The researchers have discovered that there is an instant effect on a person's mood when you receive flowers. You break into a smile involuntarily irrespective of your age or your temperament.
Even those who were feeling low and were in a depressed mood felt good almost immediately after receiving a gift of flowers. No wonder, we have the tradition to take flowers when we go to see someone in the hospital. Flowers have a healing touch. They make people feel more optimistic and look at the brighter side of life.
Science hasn't discovered anything new. You've always known this about flowers from personal experience. Science has only strengthened your opinion with solid proof. Flowers make us happy and remove the tension making us more creative. In return, the least you can do is take good care of them when you receive them so that they'll last a long time.
How do you keep flowers fresh and make them last? First, keep them in a cool spot, away from direct sunlight and far from appliances like televisions and computers that give off heat. Secondly, mix the flower food with water exactly as the instructions say. Next, remove any leaves below the waterline in your vase. Also, it's a good idea to re-cut the stems of the flowers to help increase water uptake. Finally, always remove any flowers or leaves when they die so that the remaining flowers keep fresh and look great.
