Meaning of Flowers and Relevance in Today’s Digital World

Are Flowers still relevant in today’s digital world & what does the meaning of flowers really mean?

If you asked “Are flowers still relevant today?” given that we live in a fully digital age I would have to answer with a categorical Yes and even more so because of our lives today. The meaning of flowers has not really changed over the past 1,000 years and it would seem that we now, more than ever, are in need of the helpful means of communication that the giving of flowers, bring. They are great in any kind of special occasion we have like birthday events, wedding events and many more.

It’s easy to fall into the tech trap these days and simply just send a quick Facebook comment for someone’s birthday. The problem is that if you treat a special someone, like anyone, they can quickly feel like and become no-one to you, in your friend ranking scale. No one more special than any other that is. A tragedy. If we continue to just perform the perfunctory niceties that we are expected to by society, we run the risk of actually dying at a younger age than we otherwise would have. Yes, you read that last sentence correctly. The pre-cursor for those who will have a longer life over others is – meaningful human relationships that nourish the soul.

Here I was thinking the key to the meaning of life was happiness. Wrong. It is simply deep human connections as flowers can bring. 

1. Flowers are a brilliant catalyst for helping you build these deep human connections.

They are such a simple and effective way to communicate the language of emotion, without having to say very much at all. They overcome the normal societal taboos, for example, take two masculine very heterosexual male friends. Flowers enables them to openly say “I Love You” not by words but by the sending of a bouquet of flowers to celebrate one friend’s scholarly achievements. No other item on the planet could do just that. But what of long-term, close personal relationships. How are they assisted by adding flowers into the mix? Again, very simple. The giving of flowers to your significant other re-enforces their choice made in you and validates all of the positive relational feelings that they carry for you. The simple act of sending your partner flowers out of the blue, for no other reason than to say “I Love You” is probably one of the highest levels of honouring you could do in your day to day life.

2. It is easy to understand that flowers mean love and respect but what about the none positive human emotions.

What of the underside of such things such as envy, jealousy or angst? Is it possible that the meaning of flowers could also convey the negative side of the emotional communications scale? Perhaps. If the receiver or indeed the viewer of the floral gift, carry in them any such negative thoughts like envy, jealousy or anxiety then yes, the flowers could invoke such feelings. It is very much down to what the individual is thinking at the time of viewing the flowers. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder they say, well so too is envy, jealousy, and angst.

3. The positive human emotional scale is much more represented and focused on when flowers are used to convey the sender’s feelings.

The receiver normally receives a big dopamine hit and this improves their state of wellbeing. Their immediate emotional response is one of love, gratitude, and importance.

You should do your own test to determine how powerful the language of flowers is.

Send a very heartfelt email to 3 of your closest friends. Send a bunch of flowers by Christensen’s Flower Auction in Brisbane with a simple appreciative note to your other 3 friends. See which group of friends feels more loved, admired and respected by you. It’s no surprise that the second group of people had stronger feelings due to the lovely give of flowers.

Next time you are going to send that email, SMS, Facebook message. Try writing a lovely handwritten note and send it to your friend stuck to the side of a beautiful flower arrangement. You will enjoy the gift-giving experience and your receiver will no doubt appreciate your thoughtfulness.

It really is simple to make a huge impact in the real world, if we just moved our focus out of the digital one, for just a few minutes every day.