#flower beauty

[truepinkshape]

[christinakroft]

My garden in spring bloom

[bobafett51]

I just want to share a big area of self-improvement for me that is filling me with a lot of happiness and pride right now! It’s easy to forget how every part of us and every aspect of our lives are interconnected. Improving in one area of your life helps you improve in another! For me, being able to get in touch with my emotions and identifying them has made me so much better at expressing how I feel towards people. Especially when it comes to expressing my love and affection. One of the manifestations of this improvement is that I have become a much better gift giver. After all, what is gift giving if not an expression of love and affection?

Last week I went to a flower shop because I recently discovered that I love flower shops because they smell AMAZING. They’re a delight for my senses and I can’t help but happy stim when I’m in one. But I digress, while in this shop I started chatting with the owner (starting conversations with strangers is another area I’ve improved greatly in recently). We talked about how beautiful the shop smells, how nice it is sensory wise (from an autistic person’s perspective), and more. Eventually we talk about a beautiful bouquet that I knew my mom would love and I bring that up (because I’ve improved in my communication skills, too). After talking a little more she offers me the bouquet at a discount I couldn’t refuse since it was for my mom.

When I brought the bouquet home seeing the look on my mom’s face was priceless, seeing my mom light up as she told her friends about the bouquet was priceless, seeing my mom smile everytime she walks past the bouquet is priceless. It fills me with so much joy. The takeaway I got is that improving one aspect of yourself creates a positive feedback loop in all aspects of your life. I’ve always had a basic understanding what kinds of gifts would make those I’m close to happy but because I’m more in touch with my emotions I’m better able to understand what kinds of gifts would make the people I’m close to happy and act on that knowledge. In the past I’d have a harder time understanding if they’d like it and I’d over analyze it until I’d talk myself out of getting the gift. But most the time, gift giving is about emotion, the vibes, the aura that an object gives off. When the vibes and aura match the person you care about, that’s when you get it. It’s as if the Holy Spirit is calling you to act to show your love and affection. My self-improvement is positively impacting the people I care about. Nothing can make me happier and nothing could make me prouder and I just wanted to share that :).

[sketchesinstillness]

[vigilantmoon]

lilies behind a 15th century church.

[trishpixflorals]

[harashu4]

That flower to this. Lemony fresh!!!!

[user672689]

[cansu-m]

[happyheidi]

‘My cat Max’ by Irina ♡

[gulistan-blog]

㋡🥀

[truepinkshape]

[petitworld]

by Jessica Lowery

[lanndscape]

[landsccape]

[vigilantmoon]

The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or touched, they are felt with the heart.

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince