There are taboos in growing bonsai: these three types of people had best not take it up

Bonsai, works of art that express natural landscapes. If you approach it and come into contact with it, you will certainly fall in love with it without being able to help yourself. However, not everyone is suited to growing these living works of art. People like the following can never truly enter the world of bonsai.

The first type: people who are impatient for quick results

Bonsai is a living art. Experienced bonsai growers often place great emphasis on the years of cultivation, and even take immense enjoyment in the creative process of bonsai. But some people, in order to get their bonsai into shape sooner, violate the growth laws of the plants, and ultimately cause the roots to die and the tree to perish, so they have no choice but to give up. Therefore, bonsai creation can only proceed step by step; one cannot be impatient for quick results.

The second type: people driven by a competitive desire to compare

In today's society, there are always some people who like to compare themselves with others - comparing who has more bonsai, whose tree species are how precious and rare - and they must show off when gathering with friends, even belittling other people's things. Over time, people in the circle keep their distance. From a psychological perspective, excessive comparison only increases one's sense of inferiority and brings more negative emotions. How can one even speak of "happiness"? In fact, growing bonsai is an attitude toward life, a way to have a good mood in one's spare time. Therefore, "comparison" is only a stumbling block on the bonsai path. Why insist on comparing value? The beauty of bonsai lies within one's own heart.

The third type: people who cannot control themselves

Everything must have a "limit". If we cannot grasp this limit well, we gain nothing and lose much. The same goes for growing bonsai. If the "limit" is too low and enthusiasm is insufficient, one cannot reach a good standard; if the "limit" is exceeded, one loses oneself, loses all sense of proportion, and both life and work fall into chaos, which inevitably brings bad results.

Some even bankrupt themselves to buy a single finished bonsai, living in destitution and stirring up the anger of everyone at home. Growing bonsai is supposed to be a pleasant thing, yet it ends up being made a complete mess. In all things, seek a "limit"; only by maintaining self-control can everything go smoothly.