It's weird how you wake up one day and suddenly feel like you want to grow things.

Every time I receive flowers they normally just sit on my table in its packaging for about two days and then it's upside down, hanging on my door, dead. I like keeping things in their packaging. It looks good... It's supposed to look that way so i suppose I shouldn't tamper with it.

The first thing I did that day was cut open the wrapping and put the flowers in a jug of water. It's nice to see things grow. Maybe I'm beginning to appreciate real beauty more than the beauty I want to see. Death is unchanging. I make it the way I want to see it and that's just how it will remain. Growth, however, is unpredictable. Some flowers bloom, some die, some stay the same. But what's beautiful about it is that I have absolutely no control over the way it reacts. I trim the stems, I provide the water, I pop in the Panadol (apparently Panadol helps to keep flowers looking fresh for longer), I nurture it but if it wants to die, I can't do anything about it... Maybe throw it away so I don't have to look at it but you get my point right?

So yea... Lately I've been finding a real joy in watching things grow.