M.I. - Give Them Their Flowers

The words you don’t say can become the ones you regret most. Today’s Morning Inspirations is a straight, heartfelt reminder to give people their flowers while they can still smell them and to stop waiting for a “perfect moment” to show appreciation.

I talk about the people who hold us up in real life: grandparents who keep us grounded, parents who sacrifice in ways we don’t fully see, family who gives us a place to reset, friends and acquaintances who drop one piece of advice at the right time, and even a boss who hires you when you need it most. This isn’t about material stuff or putting on a show. It’s about naming the impact. A simple, specific thank you can land harder than any gift because it tells someone their kindness mattered.

We also get into the side of gratitude people don’t talk about: when you don’t acknowledge a good deed, it can come off as ungrateful, and it can change how people feel about helping again. Giving flowers is how we build stronger relationships, healthier workplace culture, and a life where we notice the good instead of only amplifying the negative.

If someone helped you stand up, tell them you can walk because of them. Subscribe, share this with a friend who needs the nudge, and leave a review with the name of someone you’re giving flowers to today.

Transcript

Morning Welcome And Big Idea

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Good morning and welcome to Coolin's Morning Inspirations. I'm Michael Terrell and this morning I wanted to talk to you guys about giving people their flowers, you know, while they're able

Give People Their Flowers Now

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to smell them. You know, there's a lot of people that we have in our life that deserves their flowers. And a lot of times we'll go our whole lives not letting them know how we truly feel about them. Or if there's something, you know, that you learn from them or something that really meant something to you. Even if it's like a, you know, somebody in your family, your job, you know, there's somebody that has poured into you or helped you through a situation or got you in the opportunity that you couldn't have had got into yourself. Somebody that taught you something, somebody that brought you up. Somebody

A Grandmother’s Simple Reminder

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that, you know, your parents that raised you, your grandparents, you know, and to be honest, the reason why it made me think about it is because my grandmother is the one who always tells me that, you know, give me my flowers while I'm still able to smell them. Let me get my flowers while I'm here. You know, don't give me my flowers, you know, after I'm gone. And so with that being said, it made sense to me to where it's like, let them know how you feel at all times. Let them know, you know, how valuable they are. Because, you know, when you're if the world ends today, who wouldn't want that? You know, um, I know that there's things that I could wish that I could tell my grandmother, my grandfather, even you know, my dad. There's things that once they're gone, you can't tell them, you can't let them know how much of an impact they were to your upbringing or how impactful they were when they, you know, got you out of a situation or or you know, bought you that baseball bat when nobody could help you.

When One Kind Act Changes Lives

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And you know, just it's just different things that you'll find very valuable, you know, and it's not materialistic stuff, you know. A lot of times, you know, sometimes when people do a good deed, they don't know how good that deed is or how strong that deed is for that person because you're just helping out. But to that person, you might have stopped them from jumping over a bridge with that one act of kindness, you know, and those those type of people are not the true heroes of the world, you know, and we spend so much time glorifying all the negative. It's very easy to always want to post when somebody's, you know, doing something bad, doing something dumb, doing something silly. But when you get to really take your time and just give back to the ones that gave to you, it's it hits different.

Gratitude Matters More Than Gifts

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You know, I know that a team built me up. It wasn't just one person, it wasn't just myself. I didn't do it. So I try to give my flowers to all the people that I can. Because I know that I I I should have failed a long time ago. But it might be words, it might be um, you know, sometimes you might be put out and have to go back to mom or grandma's house. And that might put you on your feet to where you can go out there and try to be as successful as you can be. It could be, you know, that that that boss that you have that hired you when you needed a job the most and then treated you good on top of that, and then, you know, always made sure that, you know, you were straight through the things that you went through. Do you ever tell, you know, that person, hey man, I just wanted to pull you to the side and just let you know. Now I really appreciate everything that you have done for me. Like, if it wasn't for these things, I would be this way. And I just want to tell you thank you. That's giving flowers, Brittany. It's not, it's not too much of having to give them physical flowers or take them out or anything like that. Those are great gestures. Those are awesome gestures, but it's not necessary. You know what I'm saying? Those things aren't necessary. The thing that's necessary is just showing your gratitude. That is the biggest thing about a lot of times that we have these situations.

The Cost Of Staying Silent

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And, you know, it's a lot of times when even the person that did the good deed and you don't say nothing, you know, you just, you know, take it and and and go. A lot of times they feel like you were ungrateful in the first place. So if that situation came, you know, around again, a lot of times that they don't even want to deal with you or or they don't feel the same way about doing that thing for you because you didn't even show your gratitude the first time that you had, you know, the opportunity to do so. And people don't do for those things only, but it's nice. That's it, you

Shout Outs And A Final Thank You

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know. Give them flowers, man. So I shout out to my mother, shout out to my grandmothers, shout out to my aunties, my uncles, and all my family, man. A lot of them, if it wasn't for a lot of my family, um, I don't know where I would be. But it also came to the point to where it was like, you know, my gratitude shown is for me to grow, right? And then also show my gratitude by always being there for everybody. But my biggest, my biggest show of gratitude, I wanted it to be like, all you people that that helped me stand up, I now know how to walk. And I thank you and I appreciate it. And and and maybe this is my flowers. This is all the folks that helped me along the way. Because I most definitely know that if it wasn't for my family and a lot of you know the people that I've interacted with along the way, whether it be friends, acquaintance, or whatnot, or just somebody passing by that has some good ass advice. Thank you, I'm out.