This is so interesting a makes a lot of sense! Many years ago I arrived in British Columbia with 2 small children, two weeks worth of clothes and a bag of Lego. Over the next few months we settled down, found a home and began to furnish it with furnishings purchased at auctions and yard sales. It was during one of these outings I met a kind elderly lady who told me when you begin in a new home it is important to have a special plant. For $1.00 she sold me what she called "a shamrock" to bring a sense of gentleness into my home. Moving ahead 34 years later...I still have that plant and throughout the years have shared pieces of it with everyone I knew who moved into a new home... I have since learned it is called a wood sorrel...and I believe it did bring a sense of of gentleness into our home. Since that time I have discovered that plants have an essence of their own...In my research I discovered the plant I had was actually a "Wood Sorrel " and when research on the web I found that it helps us know our own value and the power of the light within us when we feel small or insignificant. It helps us identify with the eternal divine part of ourselves no matter what is going on around us and no matter what people are saying to us. It helps us find an unwavering calm in even the most intense or overwhelming situations. Who would have know that that gentle lady was so in tune to the life of plants! Not only is in important to have a personal plant in your office but I believe we should also find personal plants in our homes too! Wonderful talk Mike... Thank You!
I greatly enjoyed listening to your talk on plants. Years ago a friend told me of a book he had read called "The Secret Life of Plants" and how fascinating it was (I got it through our public library system here in the U.S. (maybe it's available elsewhere, I highly recommend reading it). So listening to your talk prompted me to put one of my "Mother In Laws Tongue" plants (which was not far from my table here, but not so much in my view and I've just tidied up some space for it. Thank you for sparking again my interest in plants!
