The Language of Flowers

An excerpt from a post on The Bliss Quest:

This is an observation about the flower industry that I feel compelled to share. When I first started helping D at her shop, I was put into a small space with spectacular roses, lilies, glads and daisies. How can you not be awed by the beauty of flowers, uplifted and put in touch with gratitude on a daily basis when working in such a fragrant and beautiful environment?

I love just hanging out up at the shop, even when I’m not doing anything but sniffing roses. I love doing the deliveries that light up peoples faces, it changes their day and brightens their eyes by ten years when you show up at a door with a vase full of something special, just for them.

Then there are the downers. Excluding the usual customer riffraff of cranky individuals that’s inevitable in a service industry – there are the downers. Funerals, accidents, diseases and sympathy.

This is the first vocation I’ve ever been a part of where I am most important as a witness of the triumphs and tragedies of other peoples lives. By the very nature of the way we use flowers: to speak, mourn, fall in love, say thank you, etc.- the people who make the arrangements, and do the deliveries are just as much a part of the drama as those who chose to send the flowers. Whether we want to be or not – we are witnesses. We see people at their best and worst – EVERY DAY!

Full post available at http://theblissquest.com/blog/2007/01/08/the-language-of-flowers/

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