From A Weeping Willow Wallow

To A Cheery Cherry Blossom!

One day, a couple of weeks ago, I felt ‘out of sorts’.

I couldn’t quite put my finger on why I felt so tangled inside. I decided to meditate as this usually gives me clarity. It did. I understood why I felt tied up and gave myself permission to have felt glum.

I tend to feel selfish if I am not cheerful and grateful. I have so much to be thankful for. Plus, I am usually the energy giver. It is okay for me to have the occasional frowns as long as I find the root cause of them. I find, dealing with negative emotions swiftly ensures they don’t have time to grow roots.

My mediation gave me a brilliant solution in order to untangle myself and feel bright again.

Have a weeping willow wallow.

To do this, I ran a bubble bath. My favourite comforting essential oils poured in, immediately invited me to relax. I lit the candles around my bathroom and immersed myself in the warm fragrant water. I wallowed. Metaphorically, I thought I had bits of mud on me that needed to be removed. The water would gently soak them off. Where did I get them from?

There had been more people than usual out and about over the festive period. Most had stopped to chat. There was a lot of dissatisfied stories that came my way. “Can’t wait for this year to be over…it’s been terrible” was repeated. The daily news also seemed to be full of doom and gloom. More so than usual. I felt the ‘mud’ others were in had splattered onto me. Personally, I felt great and that was put to the side as I listened and empathised.

I wanted to feel clean and bright again. I closed my eyes, blocking out the candlelight and I inhaled the floral aromas. I sent out a message of peace to the troubles of the world. I focused on the path that I was on. 2024 had been an amazing year for me in my personal progression. I mustn’t let that be clouded. If anything, the world needed smiles, even if mine would only be seen by a few.

As I got out of the bath and pulled the plug, I thought of the splashes of mud spiralling down the plughole. They were taking away all of my gloomy emotions and I gladly waved goodbye to them. I smiled because I noted, I was no longer a weeping willow. I now felt like more like myself again. A cheery cherry blossom!

January can bring the blues. It is quite a dark month as the spring seems far away. We can sometimes feel swamped. It isn’t always ourselves that can cause those feelings. We can be affected by what we hear, feel and see. People, phone messages, tv programmes and even the shorter daylight can dampen our emotions.  

Ensuring you are aware of any mood draining feelings is great. Working out if they belong to you can be helpful. I truly believe it is in your favour if your awareness prompts you to realising, it is time for some valuable self-care.