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flowers, gardening, home improvement, mood, photos, planting flowers, psychology, psychology study, qoutes, quote, window-boxes, winter pansies, Yogi Maharishi Mahesh
This week has been extremely busy, and today is no exception. But with my summery window-boxes wilting and looking more than sad, I really want to find the time to replant them autumn.
Luckily I did find a few moments to rush in and out of my local garden center, a few winter pansies and a bag or two of spring bulbs quickly captured and paid for at the till.
Now all I need is half an hour to get my hands dirty and create a pretty sight for me to come home to and for my neighbours to hopefully enjoy.
After all, even if the sun is still out and about in Dublin this week, those dull days of autumn aren’t too far off and a few cheerfully nodding heads of pansies do help to brighten them up.
A study done in 2005 about how flowers impact on peoples moods shows that just looking at flowers can ease anxious and agitated feelings and create a sense of happiness and joy. The study even showed that a pretty display of a few beautiful blooms increased the contact with friends and family, lessening the sense of loneliness.
So hopefully my soon prettified window-boxes will not just cheer me up when I return home or look out the window and bring beauty to the urban space I occupy, but maybe, just maybe, they’ll bring a smile to some lonely strangers face.
Happiness radiates like a fragrance from a flower and draws all good things towards you
Yogi Maharishi Mahesh
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