St. Patrick’s Day Peace
Today while reading about the history of St. Patrick’s Day with my children, I learned the meaning behind the Irish flag. The green and the orange symbolize opposing cultures while the white stands for the hope of unity, of peace.
Peace.
In my life there is division. Two sides of me warring against the other. I certainly don’t mean to trivialize the tumultuous history of a country nor do I mean to equate my small trials to those of a nation.
The meaning of the flag simply moved me to a place of personal reflection. I want to exist in the white, that place of hope. I want to exist in peace and harmony within myself. I want to silence the internal conflict, the perfectionism, and the out of reach expectations. I want to shut the door on the all or nothing thinking that too often dominates my mind. I want to call for an inner “truce”.
Hope you had a good St. Patrick’s day! I’m partially Irish and the only thing green I ate was some lettuce. :-O
Hugs and High Fives,
Jenn
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Good girl eating your lettuce!
Cool that you can learn stuff while teaching your kids!
Yes, the peace- the balance- it’s that holy grail for us fitness-minded people who aren’t naturally slim or fit. And it goes beyond just being slim or fit- finding balance and peace in all aspects of our lives is not easy. HOpefully you are less blue than yesterday
I am 1/4 Irish and don’t think I ate anything green today – tsk. tsk. on me (I wore green shoes though!). It was my high carb day and goodness knows I wasn’t going to waste a single gram on veggies! LOL Oh, I had blueberries and tomatoes. Not green but something.
Thinking of you
xo
The onlt green thing I ate yesterday was some lettuce too.
I didn’t have a St Patty’s day pint… 😉 I was to tired and went to bed early.
I can so relate to this line:
“I want to silence the internal conflict, the perfectionism, and the out of reach expectations.”
If you figure out exactly how it is that one does that… please send me a memo.
I hope today is a better day!
Hey there Jen, I wanted to let you know about a website that is all about recovering from perfectionism and learning proper self care. I thought you and others may enjoy it. http://abeautifulmess.org/. Have a good one!
The only thing I ate green yesterday was some veggies too..oops!
Wow, very cool. I had no idea. I loved your analogy with the flag as well.
i never knew that about the flag! cool.
learn something new every day! i’m 1/4 irish too, and i just had some letttuce + broccoli. better luck next year
This post is informative AND moving. <3