Green with Envy

Green with Envy

By Alison

Green is the product (child) of its parents yellow and blue.

In using this analogy lets investigate the personality traits of Green’s parents.

Yellow is indicative of mental clarity and optimism whilst Blue represents emotional calm and intuitive insights.

Therefore the amalgamation of Green can be used to induce hope, balance, harmony, renewal and rebirth...

Green stays true to its roots (pun unintended). It comes from the Old English word “grene”, which shares the same etymology as the words "grass" and "grow". This explains its inextricable link to mother earth and nature.

More scientifically, the pigment green appears on plants as the chemical chlorophyll which is involved in photosynthesis.

On a more personal note, I woke up today ready to immerse myself into the emotions that I often associate with green including inner peace, serenity and growth.

I began the day with eating breakfast in my backyard.

A picture paints a thousand words. 

But to give you some context, my backyard is my oasis, whenever I am stressed, overwhelmed or just sad I often spent time meditating  or chilling in my backyard.

Nature is authentic, raw and sublime. 

It has this power to make you pause for a second and just take in it's beauty, admire in awe...

or to be put in other words, live in the moment. 

The colour green is quite contradictory and possesses a dualism, like all colours which are free to interpretation.

On it's darker side it can represent:

- materialism

-envy

-selfishness 

-greed

At the same time we can all learn something from greenery as captured by nature...

The journey is more important that the final result of outcome

Resilience and patience are powerful virtues 

We all have the ability to "refresh" ourselves, change and adapt to our circumstances. 

We can learn when to hold on and let go 

Our mistakes can be our lessons 

Just as the colour green has two sides; we have the choice of which perspective we take when we face everyday situations in life:

Optimism and Hope                                           v.s.                                    Pessimism and Doubt