All the Colours of Spring.

Spring has finally arrived bringing with it all of Nature's most beautiful colours and after the 'white' of this past winter - a winter that seemed to go on for an eternity - it is like waking up from a very long nap. I, like a lot of others, spent the first few months of the new year complaining on how long winter had been, how cold and especially how white. There were complaints of being too cold, being sick, and so on, and everyone was dressed in very dull, drab colours. I was ready to see more vibrant colours when I looked out the window and this Spring has not disappointed.

The white snow seemed to leave almost over night and even the brown grass and twigs were quickly consumed by the green of the new grass. Crocuses and Tulips sprung up almost instantly, plants were already budding and the birds seem to arrive en masse - even the Sun seemed Yellow-er, colour was everywhere. And the people who came into the shop were smiling and laughing and enjoying the now instead of trying to wish the months away. It was then that I realized they were also dressed more brightly.

Colour is not something I used to think about much. I chose the colour of my clothes based on three things:

1: Practicality - it is less expensive if you have a lot of one colour, mainly black, and then buy a few pieces of other coloured clothing to go along with that colour.

2: How slimming the colour - again, I always thought black was the most slimming colour

3: My personality - which is a little subdued and traditional and I don't like to stand out or be noticed.

But as I noticed my customers change in colours for their clothing along with the change in their attitude, bells started ringing.( I hear bells a lot but that is for another post. ;)) I started to really pay attention on what type of mood I was in when I chose my clothing colours in the morning. If I was not in the greatest of moods when I woke up, I would choose darker more somber colours and that mood would stay with me pretty much all day. If I woke up in fantastic, ready to face the world kind of mood, I would choose brighter colours (though I don't own a lot of bright colours as yet, I am working on increasing them) and would have an awesome day.

Hmm, I thought, very interesting. Something as simple as a change of colour can change my mood. No pills, no alcohol, just a nice yellow shirt and I feel good....why doesn't everyone know about this mood altering, mind enhancing, emotion lifting thing known as Colour?