The benefits of growing flowers far exceed your imagination, and people quietly become different too
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"Growing Flowers" is an essay written by Mr. Lao She, expressing the joy of growing flowers: there is joy and worry, laughter and tears, flowers and fruit, fragrance and color. It requires labor and also broadens knowledge. It expresses the author's thoughts and feelings of loving life. So what benefits can growing flowers bring to us personally? Let's take a look at how the flower-growing masters summarize it.
1. Return to nature and enjoy pastoral life
People nowadays like to pursue nature, and more and more friends like to grow some flowers, plants and potted plants at home. We will find that the same room, if there is no decoration of plants, will appear dull and lifeless, but after growing a few more pots of plants, it will appear fresh and beautiful, and the ability to purify the air is also super great.
As high-rise buildings increasingly rise, people living in the busy city increasingly feel alienated from nature. Therefore, people long to use their limited living room, courtyard or balcony space to create a quiet, comfortable working and living environment with the charm of nature. People grow and cultivate flowers to cultivate their temperament and return to nature, and also to eliminate fatigue. At the same time, the bright colors and graceful postures of flowers can also bring people enjoyment of beauty and the fragrance of nature.
2. The fragrance of flowers stimulates the sense of smell
You must already know that since it stimulates the sense of smell, then it is certainly very beneficial to physical and mental health! According to research, the aromatic oil molecules of flowers are very active. When they come into contact with the olfactory cells on the nasal mucosa, they can make people feel comfortable and pleasant. The fragrance of osmanthus is refreshing and can make fatigue disappear immediately. The fragrance of narcissus and lotus can give people a warm and romantic feeling. The delicate fragrance of jasmine can make people feel relaxed and gentle. The fragrance of roses can make people feel cheerful.
3. Purify the air and improve the indoor environment
Plants can not only bring vitality and decoration to the interior, they can also continuously carry out photosynthesis, absorb carbon dioxide, and continuously release oxygen, which is beneficial for improving the stale indoor air. Of course, it is best to grow some plants that can release oxygen 24 hours a day, and can also release some negative ions beneficial to the human body. These plants include: yew, kalanchoe, cactus, snake plant and Crassulaceae succulents.
It is understood that one pot of spider plant can absorb 80 percent of the formaldehyde gas indoors within six hours, snake plant can purify the air of an ordinary room, and ivy can eliminate 90 percent of benzene. Therefore, plants can not only bring us visual enjoyment, but can also protect our living environment.
4. Cultivating flowers can develop volitional action ability
Volitional action ability is the ability of a person to consciously determine a goal, and according to the goal regulate and control their own actions, overcome difficulties, and achieve the goal.
Its fine qualities are decisiveness, independence, tenacity and self-control. To cultivate a plant, of course, if you want it to grow well, then you should take good care of it. In this way, the goal is clarified and the sense of responsibility is enhanced. This is the first step in cultivating volitional action ability. The second step is that in the process of cultivation, if you encounter difficulties such as pests or disease, you need to independently find methods and not give up until it is cured. Such practical activities allow everyone, while enriching life, to learn perseverance and the ability to solve problems independently.