Giving a girl flowers is funny. She can't eat them, and she won't use them to build anything. There is very little tangible benefit from receiving them, but there's value if she chooses that to be the case. The flowers will be almost meaningless if she doesn't at the time feel a positive intention behind the one giving them; they're something given whose value depends very much on how the receiver recognizes the giver.
Encouragement is like flowers, except you can give it to guys too without causing a panic. Plus it's way cheaper; win-win! It doesn't cost the giver anything, and it can mean as many good things as the receiver needs it to mean. It is a precious thing indeed to become someone fully alive whose encouragement always feels like a sweet gift when it is received; what a great aim, to strive to be that which gives the gift the intentioned meaning it deserves. Nothing but good can follow.
"You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house."
-Matthew 5:14-15
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