LIGHTENING UP

Not that long ago you could open my closet doors and see a typical city girl closet. A sea of dark colours with a few light tops. Although it still applies to coats, I was happy recently when the cleaners lost something and told their office to look for bright coloured things. To my surprise, it seems I had finally lightened up in a recognizable way.

For some reason, a couple of years ago, yellow and emerald suddenly seemed right. Strangely, in a ‘fake it till you make it’ kind of way, putting lighter and brighter colours around me soon meant that I felt lighter and brighter on the inside as well.

I’m not saying that brighter clothing was the only thing behind this relatively newly found optimism, but it sure didn’t hurt. Maybe it works like blue lenses do on sunglasses to help migraine and dyslexia, and we are relieved.

Canada has a long winter and anyone who lives here knows it. Why then do we add to the dullest days of the year with a sea of black and navy coats? Why do we seem to save all of the bright colours for the ski slopes, when we actually could really use them during the weekdays? No wonder we cheer up in spring when bright colours accompany warmer weather.

While brighter colours outside your self help, it is by adding some colour to your inner perspective that can actually change your life and possibly help you to become a happier person. Change your outlook, change your life.

Life is not long enough for some people, but it often seems too long for those who are unhappy.

I think living becomes happier and easier when we walk and live in a sunnier place inside us. The occasional dull day does not pile on as hard when you have taught yourself to habitually turn things around; when you consider what is possible rather than what isn’t. Worked for me. Just saying!.