Use Colour in Your Life

At last I have a little space in which to write another blog. I have been busy trying to catch up with the many jobs waiting for me on my return from the USA.

I was up in the Mountains at the weekend and as spring advances so the colour all around gets brighter and more varied. The birds are looking startlingly bright in their courting colours as they flit from branch to branch and tree to tree. The butterflies are there too, as big and as beautiful as ever and the flowers … Well they are so bright and in such profusion, it is as though nature has decided it is high time for it to “go over the top”! I know the fall colours in North America are gorgeous just now but here in Brasil we have a colour show all our own.

It reminds me of the vital importance of colour in our lives, whether it is the colour provide by our surroundings, natural, created by ourselves or the colour provided psychologically by the varied things we do in our every day life. It is impossible to exaggerate the importance of colour, both for our health and, to use an old fashioned word, for our temper. Colourful personalities attract and inspire us all whereas the people we refer to as being “grey” have the reverse effect on all who come into contact with them. There is no reason for any of us to be “grey.”

No matter how difficult our day may be: No matter how many ‘problems’ face us, we should always try to make the time to create colour in our lives. Look around you, see the colour everywhere and make a conscious effort to draw it into your soul. Each morning when you arise, try standing by the open window, if it isn’t too cold, and breathe in each of the colours of the rainbow in turn. Imagine them flowing throughout your body, touching each part of you in turn. It need not take long and I promise you will feel invigorated and ready to face anything the day has to offer. After regularly performing this exercise for a while, other people will begin to point out the changes in you. The colours you have been breathing in will be reflected in the colour of your personality.

May you enjoy a special day today, full of colour and variety. May the challenges you face bring you strength as you surmount them and wisdom as you learn their lesson.