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Inspirational Color Quote of the Week: Color Yellow In that spirit, here’s the inspirational color quote for this week. Road Trip! “Kanan is a big road through the Santa Monica Mountains. Between mid-March and mid-April, when you get over to the western side of the mountains, it's populated by Spanish broom - this beautiful, yellow, flowering weed that smells the way I imagine it smells along the Yellow Brick Road.” --John C. McGinley (actor/author) What do you think? Doesn’t the image catch your attention/call to you to drive through, Even if it takes you out of your way? What could be better? A mountain road! The wonderful surprise of eye-catching flowers! A smell that captivates your senses! And remember they’re not just any kind of flowers; they’re Yellow flowers to brighten the road and to give you a smile as you drive through. Interestingly as a side note, it turns out that it wasn’t just chance that brought those flowers to the area; they were purposely planted to beautify the highway, and the project is unique to the Las Angeles area. Sounds pretty wonderful and a complete sensory experience And L.A. resident and Actor John McGinley (Dr. Cox on Scrubs along with credentials dating over several decades of distinguished roles) asks us to travel even further. He loves the way his senses are engaged along this stretch of the Kanan Mountains , but he doesn’t just stop along the road side to take in the scene. He actively builds on the experience to stimulate his imagination. What might that yellow brick road smell like? What adventures might be encountered there? We know about the ones confronted by Dorothy and her friends from The Wizard of Oz. But what about for us? There must be some happy adventure waiting because those bricks are solid, and they’re a bright playful yellow. What about you? Where do you want to let your own imagination take you? To some exotic place? To a vision of what you want some part of your life to look like over the next few years? To provide a time and space to simply hang out with yourself and see what surprises come to the fore? John McKinley reminds us that physical road trips can be pretty wonderful, but he also urges us to cultivate an imagination that can take us to some pretty unexpected and equally satisfying places. All of which in this case means a double dose of a warm and happy yellow. How do these ideas resonate with you, and what are one or two actions you might want to take in the next day or so on that basis?
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AuthorI am a Life Coach, a Color Wisdom Card Practitioner, and yes, even a Professor (political science, State University of New York at Albany). I use the Color Wisdom Cards to support clients in exploring priorities and taking concrete actions to stay on track with the goals they set. Because in my own life I have overcome a lot of self-doubt, I want to work with people towards more confidence and self-empowerment. You can do it! What is it you want to do? Categories
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