Sunday, April 1, 2012

Design Your Flower Self



 
I came across a most excellent article in Smithsonian magazine about hybrid orchids. So much thought, work, planning, effort and consideration is given to them. Some are designed just for the beauty, some color and scent and some designed to honor a VIP.  All are remarkable. None are available in nature through a natural process. The desire to work with nature and bring out the very best she has to offer is key.

I thought that it would be wonderful to design yourself as a flower. If you did, what would you look like? Choose your color, shape, mood, texture, scent and season to flourish. What is it that needs to be expressed from within that you can put into color, shape and a new dimension of yourself?

Perhaps you would prefer to be something other than a flower. Design yourself as a cookie…something sweet. TV and magazines are full of such competitions as people reinvent the culinary classics. Why not you do it for yourself? A song is an excellent consideration. What tune would you create to sing yourself into the heavens? Would it be jazzy or classical? An impromptu song from the heart, different and unique each time you sing, may harmonize best with the world around you. Create yourself as a game to entertain others, especially children. Your inner light of humor can shine forth through the laughter of others.

There are times in your life when you have the opportunity to reinvent yourself. You needn’t start from scratch, but then again it’s your choice to do so. It’s an inner cry from the heart to be recognized and reawakened. It’s good to listen to the whisper. It’s opportunity knocking. It’s telling you that it’s time for a change. Don’t be worried. The authenticity of ‘you’ was always there. You won’t lose yourself, just expand your horizons. It’s the kind of moment that gives your heart wings…the moment that allows you to soar to new levels of your life and potential.

"What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet." Romeo & Juliet William Shakespeare

The bloom is within you. You are being asked to discover your possibilities.

Cathy

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