Flowers and their secret power

Hi guys!:)

Today's post is going to be pretty floral! Spring has started its annual mission and it is swiftly making nature come to life. I guess there is no such a creature that would not be eager for a few rays of sun. Personally, I love observing it slowly sinking below the horizon, painting the sky red, gold and pink while the warm wind brings the scent of trees and flowers. It is unbelievably pleasant and it permits your exhausted from solving problems or carrying out duties mind to rest. As a person who was raised by two zealous nature lovers, I can approve it without any hesitation. You can easily calm your nerves by communing with it, focusing only on the sounds, smells and colours which constitue its essential part. In my post I would love to concentrate on flowers and the beauty they please us and animals with. What is really interesting is their language, secret meanings they were given by humans. The one I am interested in is Hanakotoba, the language of flowers which is the important element of Japanese culture. As far as I know Japaneses are shy and pretty secretive people who do not flaunt their feelings. The fear of being rejected is much stronger than the will to openly confess their love to the person they fell for. Flowers are such a great solution to the situations like those as no words are needed to be pronunced. As you can see, their role in Japanese communication is indeed enormous.

The language of flowers is used as well by writers who like hiding hints concerning true meanings of the particular elements of the story in seemingly insignificants objects. Readers are forced to make some effort to discover them and then connect the missing puzzles into one, coherent whole. Sometimes it can be unbelievably hard to the point it becomes annoying, but overall it is amusing and the pride of solving the mistery is irreplaceable:)
I guess in Europe people do not pay much attention to the language of flowers. I feel bad admitting this but I'm not the exception. I think the knowledge of their diverse meanings it's not widespread and very few Europeans is familiarized with them. It's sad because it is such an interesting phenomena, a part of many different cultures. It would be great to cultivate it but I am afraid it will be completely forgotten soon. That's all for today, if you would like to join the discussion, please leave the comment! Bye!