Why Cactus?

Hello there hungry readerssss (lol bajet).


Since i bought cactuses and took care of them, I've been flooded with questions "why cactus?", "why not other flowers?" and bla bla bla...

Honestly, sometimes I asked myself, why did i chose cactus? and why did i decide to plant something? why did i turned to mother nature kind of stuff? why so sudden? hmmm..

First of all, honestly i kind of making the biggest mistake in my life on some date (cant remember when) so i sort of depressed and moody and all sort of emotional feelings. and i decided to start from bottom, start fresh, start all over again, and i chose to start with nature.

taking care of plants is not as easy as you think. its not just watering the plants and thats all. it takes more than you think. watering the plant and provide them sunlight is a must. but all those little things that you do toward them counts. you gotta change the pot in order for the plant to grow, sometimes you gotta give them fertilizers, cleaning the soil, change the soil, and stuff.

my friend once asked me why cactus? they're ugly. and know what my answer is? because you have the eyes that judged something from the outside that blinded you from seeing the beauty inside. and the words that slipped out of my mouth kind of satisfying for me at least. and he did suggest to plan orchid because its beautiful and bla bla bla.

i know flowers are beautiful. so does cactus. We have different opinions, the way we see something. I see life from different perspective. some people might find the prickles on the cactus are ugly and painful, and why is that? have you ever take a closer look at them?

if you hold them gently, it wont hurts you. if you go rough, then feel the pain of the prickles. it just like how you treat them. if you do good, they're being good. and vice versa.

and one more thing, taking care of cactus is easier than taking care of other plants or flower. cse you only need to water them once a week and change the soil once in a month and they dont need fertilizers. Mostly other plants, if you didnt water them for few days they're gonna wilt. but not cactus. they stored water inside their body.

and its like they can take care of themselves. throw them on the dessert, they still can survive. they'll find the way. their spirit sometimes weirdly inspired me. the desire to live. and one of my cactus fell on the ground from fourth floor which is my room. I found it the next day, on the side walk. and has been stepped upon and it was raining a night before and the soil also gone, only left it with few roots.

when i picked it off of the ground, i touched the soft spot which was broken. but it seems fine on the outside but its not in the inside. you know what i mean? and that evening i immediately change the pot and the soil, trying my best to save it's life and now i'm just hoping that it will keep living.

did you see that? its broken. but look at it now, it's living. 

p/s: in life, do not lose hope. we might think our life has come to an end but in fact, it has just begun.

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