The Power of Flowers
I never tire of the power of flowers. Sometimes, as I busy myself with the day to day requirements of running my flower shop, I forget the reasons I am a florist. Flowers have a tremendous impact on the human soul and quickly change the condition.
I was reminded of this today when Tracy came into the office and asked if I had remembered a particular customer who visited us a number of years ago. I said that I did not. She went on with the story about how the woman was sending flowers and mentioned that nobody had ever sent her flowers. The next day we sent her flowers on behalf of our store.
When the woman received her flowers she called our store and through tears recounted that she had never received flowers and how this meant the world to her. The emotions and gratitude was not really surprising as flowers have that sort of effect on people.
What was surprising is that so many years later she stood in our store and recounted once again the story and how much it meant to her. She left our store in tears, the emotion many years later as fresh as when she received her first bouquet. As Tracy recounted the story in my office, she too was almost moved to tears.
After reviewing our account records we noticed that her son began to send her flowers each Mother's Day about three years ago and I can't help but wonder if she recounted the story to him, which then motivated his heart to give.
How marvelous, flowers! They touch the heart and soul like nothing else can. Sure, there are those who would soon pass on flowers in favor of some trinket to place on a shelf but for my money flowers are always the choice when I want to reach the heart.
We believe so much in the power of flowers that we give each visitor to our store a few stems. How amazing people always respond
I was reminded of this today when Tracy came into the office and asked if I had remembered a particular customer who visited us a number of years ago. I said that I did not. She went on with the story about how the woman was sending flowers and mentioned that nobody had ever sent her flowers. The next day we sent her flowers on behalf of our store.
When the woman received her flowers she called our store and through tears recounted that she had never received flowers and how this meant the world to her. The emotions and gratitude was not really surprising as flowers have that sort of effect on people.
What was surprising is that so many years later she stood in our store and recounted once again the story and how much it meant to her. She left our store in tears, the emotion many years later as fresh as when she received her first bouquet. As Tracy recounted the story in my office, she too was almost moved to tears.
After reviewing our account records we noticed that her son began to send her flowers each Mother's Day about three years ago and I can't help but wonder if she recounted the story to him, which then motivated his heart to give.
How marvelous, flowers! They touch the heart and soul like nothing else can. Sure, there are those who would soon pass on flowers in favor of some trinket to place on a shelf but for my money flowers are always the choice when I want to reach the heart.
We believe so much in the power of flowers that we give each visitor to our store a few stems. How amazing people always respond
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