Blue,
Baby, Blue.
How
often have you, or someone else, said,
“I always feel blue around the holidays.”
Anxiousness
& Isolation are the primary complaints.
How
ironic to feel isolation when it turns out there’s plenty of company with those same feelings
Is
this particular feeling of malaise amplified by all the apparent “merry and bright” outside?
With All the Ho
Ho Ho‘ing what makes some people feel so Ho Hum ?
Is it simply the contrast of what we think we
should feel , (because we believe everyone else is so much happier) that makes us feel more
acutely BLUE?
Knowing
our words don’t describe our lives they create them, I got curious about the
expression.
Where
did “feeling blue” come from and what does it mean?
Dating back as early as the mid 1800’s ,
“feeling blue” suggested a lack of
breath or spirit.
Without
breath, our color is blue.
Without
breath, the very stuff of life, we are lifeless.
How
true that our breathing becomes shallow in a state of sadness.
Breath
so simple so basic. So available.
Where
else did “feeling Blue “ appear?
The
Navy coined this phrase from a custom among many old
deepwater sailing ships.
If the ship lost the
captain or any of the officers during its voyage, she would fly blue flags and
have a blue band painted along her entire hull when returning to home port.
Is
our “feeling blue” an alert to our souls?
Is
it a warning light signaling we’ve somehow lost the captain of our ship?
Abandoned
ourselves?
Afloat
on a sea without direction and a guiding force?
Warning
lights are gifts.
If we pay attention to them we take action. We stop the car
and get curious about what that red warning light means.
This
is useful. If we take action our car usually doesn’t explode or burn out the
engine.
It’s
when we avoid the warning signals that we go down a path of real trouble.
Feeling
blue may not FEEL good, but it is simply a vibration in our body.
It’s
the thoughts we think about why we are feeling blue and the questions we ask
ourselves that make the difference in finding the captain of our soul.
Every color has a specific
vibration.
BLUE is
known as the color of transition – “the door to the other
side”.
It is the color of communication with others, wisdom,
truth, Heaven, eternity, receptivity, intuition and insight, emotion,
calm, peace and healing, tranquiility and devotion.
Blue is associated with our emotions, freedom,
strength and new beginnings, loyalty, faith, power and protection.
The
energy of blue is a conceptual color that urges us to seek our inner-truths.
Blue
tells of harmony and spiritual understanding.
What
is the gift of feeling Blue for you?
What
inner truth will you discover?
Will
you breathe deeper and take in the very stuff of life?
Will you
reconnect with the captain of your soul?
Will “feeling
blue” have a new association?
What
is your gift?
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