May 2008 - The kalidescope

The kaleidoscope.

Have you ever felt like you were one of the colored pieces at the bottom of a kaleidoscope? Perhaps you are one of the green square shapes butted up against a red diamond shape. No, wait, we’re moving . . . we’re stopping. Ok, well, perhaps you are a green diamond shape next to a long orange colored piece. Wait, we’re moving again. . .

Have you ever felt that moment of resignation of “ok, I’m here now” when your whole world seems to shift, turn, slide and without meaning to, you have bumped up against another or they bumped up against you? We are all like those small colored pieces at the bottom of those magical tubes. Sometimes we don’t mean to “rub them the wrong way” but without knowing you have shifted into another’s mosaic and it’s being duplicated over and over again – how do we get out of this relationship or job or scene or whatever? Please, someone shift the tube!

Then it moves. We move. And we shift, slide, turn and there it is – the most beautiful creation of colors and design. We are part of the snowflake design of color and it stimulates and calms everything about who we are. Oooh, we like this one. Don’t move it! We like it here. And it moves . . .

A friend of mine and I were talking about how in a kaleidoscope the pieces bump up against each other and she mentioned how just like people, we are bumping into each other. I immediately saw the really neat part of it was no matter what the design, a slight tap, a minuscule movement changes the image. And of course a big turn can really make a shift in the view.

The gift I saw in this image was how incredibly creative we are and how quickly we can re-create the image. And by “re-create” I mean create again, not create the same. The blessings of kaleidoscopes are the re-birthing of new beauty with each turn, big or small. And without being next to that red diamond, the picture the two of you are creating to the viewer could not be seen. The beauty in the shared space in the big picture cannot always be seen if viewed from so close.

Now it is true that some images hold greater beauty than others to the beholder. Isn’t it interesting how these places we look at through the tube are easily and smoothly shifted to create a more pleasing vantage? If we could only keep that in mind more when we feel butted up against an uncomfortable position in life. If it is uncomfortable, tap the tube! Shift the view. Literally change the thought patterns of how we look at something can have as dramatic of an effect as it would be to twist the kaleidoscope 90 degrees.

Creating our world through our thoughts and actions is creating a whole new image of beauty. And when it is not pleasing, perhaps there is beauty there we do not recognize. Perhaps there is a unique way to see the textures or combinations of colors we have not seen before – or would not have put together on our own.

What if . . . now I’m going out on a limb here . . .what if every time we shifted the tube, changed our thoughts, it changed the physical color pieces in the tube? Like some type of magical wave of goodness coming through and literally shifting little by little the colored pieces to those we seem to find our joy with. What if it began with blacks and reds and we were angry or scared and it slowly shifted to oranges and we began to do be more expressive and creative in our being? And what if on days we listened to our intuitive heart rather than strict logic, the colors changed to greens, blues and purples? What if on days we were filled with joy, a rainbow appeared in those colored pieces and it seemed perfect that they were each represented?

I don’t know, perhaps, we all like it to be one way. Perhaps there is some sort of empowerment in consciously controlling the twisting over and over again. Twisting it with no change in the colors will only give us a certain perspective, while it is comfortable in its familiarity, it is lacking in something. Something, something.

I see great potential in knowing that there is magic in my thoughts, my actions to create beauty with each twist. Some see a scary place, not knowing what color or which circumstance Fate will match them up with. How do you see it?

Take a look at yourself. Are you butted up against a colored shape or are you part of a gorgeous design? Allow your gratitude in your participation be one that creates images of beauty. Your color, your shape is needed in order for the big picture to take place. I thank each of you who have participated in one or more of my twists and turns in the kaleidoscope of life. I wonder . . . does the color and shape I see myself match the color and shape you see from your view? I don’t think we’d ever be able to know, because by then it will have shifted.

May you enjoy the colors and shapes of your glorious mosaics. Make each day a new image, shifting it ANYTIME you feel drawn.

Blessings,
Bright Star

“If we didn't have all the colors, the beauty of the rainbow would be lost.”
~Bright Star