Why You Too Should Have Fresh Flowers

They are gorgeous aren't they?  I especially like the big pink one.  It has a good smell that even over powers the cumin I used three days ago when making chili (ever cook with cumin?  I do a lot, just ask my neighbors).  They go particularly well with my cheery table cloth, which I planned because I think of stuff like that.

Are they from a secret admirer?  Um, yeah right.  Are they from some grateful person for my phenomenal advice that has changed their world and created a sense of inner peace?  Nope, don't get a lot of recognition for stuff like that except an honorable mention in a patient's obituary.  No, I bought these flowers myself.  Pathetic?  Maybe.  Necessary?  Absolutely.

Here is my prescription for easy happiness: buy some fresh flowers for yourself.  It turns that money can buy happiness...in the form of flowers.  I dare you to get some fresh, lovely flowers, put them in your eye-line and not feel somewhat happier.  What is this magical Flower Power? (oh goodness, sometimes I crack myself up with clever turns of a phrase like that!)  Here are my thoughts:
         
1.) They Smell Good.  I already commented on their ability to cover up the unique olfactory properties of three day old cumin cooking smell.  This power can create happiness because you don't have to clean quite so much, just buy flowers instead of scrubbing the stove.

2.) They Are Pretty.  This is fairly obvious, at least I hope so.  I guess I have seen some ugly flowers.   But rarely do they sell those in florist shops.  So, if you get the inkling to buy yourself some fresh flowers after reading this post and absorbing my phenomenal advice that has changed your world and created a sense of inner peace, you can count on the fact the general consensus is they will be pretty.  (And, I should add on a purely selfish note, if you do buy some fresh flowers for the above reason, don't forget the honorable mention in your obituary, that sort of stuff really makes my day.)

3.)  Pure Indulgence.  Okay, let me get a bit preachy hear (force of habit).  I don't think people do enough for the simple reason of indulgence.  We deserve to do nice things for ourselves.  No need to wait for a some sort of reward, if you are a generally decent human being these days, that is doing plenty to earn your fresh flowers.  On a side-note, I am currently working on figuring out how to preach the Gospel of Selfishness, which I think may relate here, though I am not sure how, since I am still figuring it out.  If you can figure it out, let me know.  I have been working on it long time, seriously, a long time.

4.) You Can Pretend They Are From Someone Else.  Invite over an acquaintance, maybe that neighbor who likes to show of their new snow-blower (Good Lord, I have lived in Maine too long since that was the first example of 'showing off' I could think of.)  Have them over for coffee, with your lovely new flowers displayed casually on your kitchen table.  People always ask who you got the flowers from, since they have yet to read the above advice and have their world rocked by me.  You can tell them anything.  Like: "Oh, well, his celebrity status makes it inappropriate for me to say." or "Who can keep track?!?  I get so many!"  This could potentially be fun, though highly dishonest.  Oh well.

Alright, there are my reasons everyone should buy themselves some fresh flowers.  Stay tuned tomorrow as I discuss the virtues of getting up early (that is if I can stay awake long enough to write about it tomorrow evening).