Keep It Pink

I’d like to live in a pink world, and every so often, I get to. The trick is to keep it pink.

My son learned meditation many years ago. The process has brought him clarity and helped him with struggles. He seems content, one of the most content people I have ever known. When I lost my way and struggled with anger and hurt, he taught me to “Look for pink light.” Bear with me as I bring this full circle. I remember in college (when I thought I wanted to work in prison corrections) I read a study about the best paint color to use in prisons. It said PINK. Pink is known for its calming influence, and especially where people are so angry. Pink represents baby girls! Pink is spring and baby animals. Pink is peonies and lilacs. It is the color that inspires thankfulness in a gentle sunrise and the bold, vibrant sunset that screams “I’ll be back!”.  And in meditation practice, pink is clarity. It is a pure, transparent light that opens us to understanding and contentment. 

I see “pink” actions all around me. I am loved. Today I live where neighbors do for neighbors, and it is a commitment made with little thought. I am inspired and often brought to joyful tears by the kind and compassionate work of others. I want to be that happy person who thinks of every single person as a possible connection. I want to be helpful and give and love and serve. 

Some might say that I want to live in a world tinged with rosy colored glasses, and I wouldn’t say they are wrong. But, these days I live in a world that I don’t understand. A world where vengeance, revenge, and conspiring seem to be acceptable. Conversations are guarded and hard to have. Relationships are strained. Simple issues turn into misunderstandings, judgment, and worse yet, hate. Pink can be hard to find.

I’d like to live in a pink world, and every so often, I get to. The trick is to keep it pink. Do what feels best for my heart, appreciate loving gestures and give as many as I can, stop at the end of the drive to take a picture of the breathtaking sunrise and stand in awe of the bold sunset as a promise of new, better days ahead. 

The trick is to keep it pink.