Monday, January 14, 2008

I am a Box of Crayons

I’ve always had at least one coloring book and a box of crayons handy wherever I’ve lived.

Coloring is very therapeutic for me. Whenever I feel stressed, or kind of BLAH…nothing feels better than sitting down with my coloring book and crayons. After a few minutes…my body, mind and spirit move into this really nice space. I even love the smell of crayons, and the way they sound as they move across the paper.

Coloring is a wonderful way to express myself.

Yesterday, I spent the afternoon walking down along the river. It was cold, gray and windy (my favorite kind of day). I was feeling inspired about how I wanted my next blog template to look and feel.

I’ve been feeling very “colorful” these days, as you can see from the “look” of this present template.

(are your sunglasses and SPF on??)

Anyway…I kept having a vision of crayons - a big fat box of multi-colored crayons.

And then I began to see “myself” as crayons. Each color representing an aspect of not only my personality, but of also how the colors reflected a particular time in my life.

You see, I am capable of being every color…..

I can be open…and I can be closed.

I can be sweet…and I can be a bastard.

I can be serious…and I can be humorous.

I can be honest…and I can lie.

I can be giving…and I can be selfish.

I can be accepting…and I can be intolerant.

I can be light…and I can be dark.

These are but a few of my colors. There are times in my life when it seems as though I color with primarily darker shades. And then there are other times when I color with primarily brighter tones - but most of the time, there’s a blend of both.

It’s taking me quite a long time to begin to “accept” all of my colors. I use to be eager to show only the bright ones…and save the darker ones for the box.

But then I gradually realized, that most colors have aspects of other colors within them.

So why not just allow “all” my colors out…because they’re there anyway!

I am a box of crayons…and this is how I color the world.











Photos: Mbrinamen/Amy-Rose