Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.

The line urges an ethic of gratitude directed not at abstract “happiness” but at the human relationships that cultivate it. By calling such people “charming gardeners,” the speaker frames emotional flourishing as something tended over time—through attention, kindness, and presence—rather than something self-generated or purely accidental. The metaphor also implies reciprocity and responsibility: if others help our inner life “blossom,” we owe them recognition rather than taking their influence for granted. More broadly, it reflects a Proustian sensitivity to how subtle social and affective experiences shape the self, and how memory and feeling are often awakened through encounters with particular individuals.