Learn to be as strong as a succulent. Being alive is a kind of happiness

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Thanks to the author [Time Seems Like Old Years] for theoriginal submissionsharing

Submission date: 2018.04.15

Edited and compiled by: Encyclopedia Jun

Location: Zhongshan, Guangdong

Life

 Moved

Han Hong 

00:00/04:56

Being alive is a kind of happiness. This title is quite heavy. Just like today's weather, damp and cold, and just like my mood at this moment, solemn and heavy.

This sentence was said to me by a succulent friend I had not been in contact with for a long time. Perhaps only when a person reaches the point of deepest despair do their demands for happiness become this simple and pure. Seeing this, all of you should know there is a story behind it, so let me tell the story. More than twenty days ago, this friend suddenly forwarded a crowdfunding link. As usual, since it was forwarded by a friend, I casually clicked to show a bit of support, without even really looking at the content. I only knew someone had cancer. Last night I suddenly received a thank-you reply message. After exchanging some pleasantries, I learned that she had started it for herself, and that was how this heartfelt conversation and reflection on life came about.

Is it the fast pace of life that leaves us no time to care about the people and things around us, or have we seen too much of this and become cold? Being alive is a kind of happiness. Should we who grow succulents also learn to be content? No matter whether beautiful or ugly, just doing our best is enough. As long as we are alive, being alive is hope.

Enough talk, let me show some succulents that no matter whether beautiful or ugly are still alive.

First, here is one to hold down the fort. Nü Zhou, over more than a year it grew from a small five-headed plant to what it is now. There should be around thirty heads, big and small. Relying on it is how I act like a big shot in all the groups.

Five-headed Chocolate Fangzhuan. I bought it online last year and raised it from a black-rotted leaf propagation. Although it is grown outdoors, there is no helping it that Guangdong's sunlight is not strong enough, so it is not that impressive, but deep down I still like that bit of green in the leaf center, which shows it is growing.

A thumb pot arrangement made entirely from leaf-propagated seedlings. It has also been a year, and it has suffered a lot of damage from birds.

I bought this one because I always felt the tabletop was missing a bit of green. Do you see that emerald green at the leaf tips? It is proof of spring's vibrant life.

Rose Lady, also called Romantic. It is likewise a legacy from an online purchase last year. Although after a long wait it is still only that big, when I think about how one head became four, I still feel I came out ahead.

Xiuyan, one of the succulents I have always longed for. After several months of care, it finally has some color. This is what people often call a treasured darling. Whoever tries to get their hands on it, I will get anxious with him (her).

Chihuahua. Sorry, it is also a legacy from an online purchase last year. Count them up, there really are a lot of legacies. Back then, one of a pair of golden boy and jade girl was given away. It is time to learn to slowly grow up alone.

A veteran-level succulent. It has been with me since I entered the hobby, more than two years now. One single head gave me a whole Mount Olivia.

Another veteran, one of the easiest varieties to get through summer in Guangdong.

Pretty, right? Last year the factory gave out dragon fruit and I planted the seeds myself. Blame me for trapping you here where you cannot go produce fruit.

Jin Huangxing. I will not comment on its looks. But as long as I like it, that is enough.

The veterans below need no introduction. They are all common varieties. The ones that accompany you through spring, summer, autumn and winter may be exactly the most ordinary ones.

Let it end here. Friend, remember that the rain from the heavens today is the tears of angels shed for you.

This was a sudden reflection from two days ago. I hope this friend can also be as strong as a succulent. I hope time will make you become your best self. Your best self is the hope of your family and friends, and also the hope of your three-month-old daughter. Keep going.

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