Timbre

“Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it” - Mark Twain

One of nature’s seasonal wonders is spring, and has spoken about re-birth and how the cycle of life turns its wheel and this time of year it is abject beauty.

I was walking yesterday through a residential area and the path way was lined with aged trees. There was suddenly a gust of wind and the trees shed there pink treasure and showered me with blossoms head to toe, kissing my body and sprinkling the landscape with its overwhelming and unconditional passion.

Nature unconditionally loves us; this is her way of affection.

The thought of blossom to me symbolises love, and with every symbol in my life it sparks a memory, a manifested vision which I would like to share with you.

The thought of blossom regresses me back to feudal Japan and from cinematic masterpieces the visceral display of two proud Samurai fighting for the love of the blacksmiths daughter in a cherry orchard at spring time when the blossom is starting to fall from the tree.

The two samurai, like life has one man that is just and had loved the daughter of the blacksmith since he was a child and they made a vow that they would be together but his social status would not heed him to claim the hand of this fair maiden. The other fighter who is consumed by lust must have his prize and is consumed by rage that his power can not easily claim what his heart and body desires.

The fight scene ensues and with swords swishing through the air and the striking of forged metal against each other, one with the force of love and one with the force of rage cause a metallic sonic boom which disturbs the blossom which surround them.

The outcome is always for the hero but the blossom plays it’s part, you see when you thrust your blade towards blossom it cannot be hurt as blossom symbolises love, the flowers even though delicate remain unharmed. However the blossom can blind and cover a black heart rendering it impossible to see or function. You see this is the paradox, and why there is such symbolism with Japanese cinema and this demonstrates the balance or equilibrium of the universe. The love of the blossom cannot be harmed by the violence of man, but when called upon can cease the fighting.

I believe this is done by blossom demonstrating its own beauty, thus allowing forgiveness

The title of the blog is Timbre, which for the continental amongst us is French for stamp. The key behaviour we will talk about is what is called “stamp collecting”.

Stamp collecting is behaviour where someone, like a colleague, spouse, friend, neighbour or pet. All do something which affects you emotionally; albeit it could be small, the generalisation of this will be emotional. All these small instances are then saved up in a mental stamp collecting book, when, only when it is full and emotionally you cannot accept any more you either burst emotionally or cash all the stamps in.

Some instances of things that you will collect, lateness, belittling comments, not calling, snoring, watching TV (Sports or Soaps), not making you dinner or a drink there are lots of examples.

The idea of stamp collecting is something we all do subconsciously, as we are afraid to challenge them at the time because they are so small. However everything that is “stamp collected” was probably derived from a behaviour that was also subconscious

So how do we prevent us from “stamp collecting” and the inevitable outcome when the book is full?

The answer to everything is forgiveness, such as the blossom tree showers us with unconditional love and kisses we need to do this, not to others but to OURSELVES.

I bet you thought that this would be something that other had to change huh? Well holding a grudge is your behaviour it always was. Once you accept that there is not one thing you can do or say, that will change a person’s behaviour or how they think then you are on the road towards a happy life.

However you are in control of YOU, there are things that you can do to prevent the subconscious stamps even being presented to you from other people in your lives. This of course is to change you.

So how do I change me? Well first things first do you recognise some of the statements below, have you said them to yourself?

· I am so stupid, I always drop things
· I look so ugly / fat they would never like me
· I am so not good enough for him / her / job / activity

We have all said these things to ourselves at one stage in our life, we are so hard on ourselves and every piece of emotion of self doubt, self loathing and self demeaning we all manifest ourselves.

So where do we start? We forgive OURSELVES.

I do appreciate how this may sound, and have received more negative e-mails about my blog’s than positive ones so know what cynicism is out there. What I am about to tell you has worked for every person who has highly achieved, every person who has beaten illness such as cancer, every person who has been so disabled but an injury that a miracle could even described there recovery.

Every one of them did one thing and one thing only and that was used the power of POSTIVE AFFIRMATIONS.

Let me draw a line under something before we move on, as affirmations work in other ways if you spend all your time stating “I want ……” you will spend your entire life in the state of wanting. I am talking about “I am”.

So onto Positive Affirmations, the purpose is to use what ever you desire in your life and use it in the present tense. (Or as I like to call it – The Cat Food List)

You need to develop your Cat Food list, shall we call it IAMS. These are the phrases that you will repeat to yourself over and over again in the bathroom mirror in the morning and evening and throughout your day.

IAMS List

1. I am a great person with a loving family and lots of friends
2. I am a healthy person who loves life
3. My job is great, fun and bring financial stability to my life
4. I am sexy, good looking with a body of a Greek god (this is my one)
5. I truly accept and love myself – I recommend this one to all

I think you all get the gist of what we need to do. I have read the testimonials of hundreds of people who have, with the power of affirmations cured them selves and it would take an emotionally devoid human not to be affected by these stories.

Affirmations also lead you towards every goal you want in life, as it has the power to heal inside it also has the power to put a desire into play or force an action for your dream and vision.

I highly recommend and if this does interest you and you want to bring into your life the power of affirmations then you should read one book by one person, this book you have never heard of but has sold 35 million copies world wide. It is written by Louise L. Hay and is called “You can heal your life”. I try not to push other peoples ideas as we must all go on our own journey, but I am just giving you a little nudge on this one.

I love the quote “Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself” by Suzanne Somers and we should treat ourselves to this one.

The headline quote from Mark Twain who is developing into a personal favourite of mine just needs to be absorbed. He has no peers when he writes his prose, which is full of melody and beauty and sums up the essence of my blog.
I leave you with a Powerful affirmation for you all to use; “I now go beyond people’s fears and limitation. I create my life”

Do you?