How do Your Surroundings Feel?

I love those colors of the lingering sunsets these days. They inspire me.

What about you? Have you chosen colors, art, textures, and furniture with which to surround yourself that inspire you in certain ways?

In these days of anxiety, distress, and upset, it is even more comforting to be in a home that reflects our higher selves and brings us calm. 

My current home has lots of white, almost too much. I look out onto the Andaman Sea which is also often white with the clouds and bright sun melting into the water.  added a plethora of colors; reds, greens, blues, yellows, fuchsias, with pictures of birds, trees, and flowers. And young ones flying by on bicycles and moonbeams in the skies. 

For now, it suits me. And it counteracts the whiteness and brightness of the walls, furniture, and sea. Someday, maybe, I will change to something else...but not yet.

So far, the colors calm me while giving me a smile and some joy at their brightness.

Our surroundings influence how we feel. 

Today’s thought for you: sit by yourself in a room and sense with your soul whether it looks and feels like you want it to look and feel. 

• Do the colors give me life? Or do they represent someone else’s view of life (like in a magazine or on a TV show) or MY LIFE? 

 

• Do the art, pictures, and textures communicate what I want them to communicate? Whether it be peace, joy, excitement, love and intimacy, softness, strength, courage, creativity... 

 

• Time changes us. Do my current surroundings say that I live in yesterday.. or do they say I honor yesterday but am moving forward in my life regardless of my age, bank account, or life situation?

 

• It doesn’t have to cost much to make a change in what surrounds us. Think thrift stores, discount online shops, or even swapping with friends. I still sew so I can make some things myself, too. Pillow covers come to mind.

I know that I need my surroundings to calm my soul and sometimes to enhance my creativity. 

If you’re feeling anxious, out-of-sorts, and worried and want to move to calm, confidence, and clarity...then I invite you to take my course that I’ve called, “Calm Your Soul to Refresh Your Life.”

Sending you love from my heart.

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