Life is a like a fireball. It can consume you, vaporize you leaving only aerosols of your humanity. Can you escape this fate? If so, how?
People use different strategies to live and not just survive but thrive. One commonly recommended approach is to go back to the earth, cool green refreshing nature. How so in the city dweller’s environment? If you are not lucky enough to have a patch of green in your condo “yard” or a home with a lush landscaped yard, whatever the size, you still can evoke the refreshing feeling of nature in a container on your coffee table, teacart, or bar no matter how tiny your abode.
Yes, bring nature to your personal space and benefit from its calming effect. When you are designing an arrangement in the Japanese way of Ikebana you experience a communion with nature as you handle those stems and flowers and even the other accessories you might choose to complement the floral arrangement. Last week, I used a nesting doll of frogs to accompany yellow yarrow (from a planter by my garage) and Japanese iris (from the grocer) in a long, narrow container. It sat on a bench in my living area for over a week and was a refreshing view each time I walked by.
People use different strategies to live and not just survive but thrive. One commonly recommended approach is to go back to the earth, cool green refreshing nature. How so in the city dweller’s environment? If you are not lucky enough to have a patch of green in your condo “yard” or a home with a lush landscaped yard, whatever the size, you still can evoke the refreshing feeling of nature in a container on your coffee table, teacart, or bar no matter how tiny your abode.
Yes, bring nature to your personal space and benefit from its calming effect. When you are designing an arrangement in the Japanese way of Ikebana you experience a communion with nature as you handle those stems and flowers and even the other accessories you might choose to complement the floral arrangement. Last week, I used a nesting doll of frogs to accompany yellow yarrow (from a planter by my garage) and Japanese iris (from the grocer) in a long, narrow container. It sat on a bench in my living area for over a week and was a refreshing view each time I walked by.
No fire ball could damage my spirit with the gray-green foliage of the yarrow and the faint lavender of the iris--the yellow glowed like sunshine, not fire, in the light from the east-facing window (See below). As the day wore on, the yellow became softer and more gentle with shadows overtaking the room. Daily, I benefited from this living floral material in my environment.
You can do the same with leafy stems and blooms from your own yard or a few inexpensive flowers from grocery store.Try it.
This little reflection can provide you with a strategy to thrive under the threat of the fireball of life. What is your fireball?
Until next time,
Mable
This little reflection can provide you with a strategy to thrive under the threat of the fireball of life. What is your fireball?
Until next time,
Mable
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