Tag: meaning

Dragonfly

This morning when I was having breakfast on the patio, the most wonderful thing happened. A dragonfly landed on my knee. It gave me goosebumps.

I’ve seen lots of dragonflies in my garden, out riding or at the yard, but it’s the first time one has actually landed on me!

It felt like a very special moment. I wondered if there was a spiritual meaning. So I looked it up. There were lots of different meaning. All along similar themes. Essentially it’s very lucky to have one land on you. They signify change. And being connected to nature (that’s probably obvious as I was outside).

I must admit, I really did feel very lucky indeed. I sat frozen, barely breathing for fear of scaring it off. I must have twitched or something as it flew off to one of my roses. But moments later, it flew back and landed on my knee again. Does that make me doubly lucky?!

I find the symbolism of things fascinating. Makes you wonder where they came from. The symbolism with dragonflies seem to come from China and the Far East. But then they have been a round for a very long time…

A bold choice

I had a coaching session with a client today. She chose John Lewis cafe as the location. Now it’s been a while since I’ve been in there. They’ve redecorated. This is one of the wallpapers they’d used. Let’s just say it’s a bold choice!

I have to admit, I felt like I was sitting in an Easter Egg. It was a conversation piece for sure. In fact I used it as a metaphor in the session. It’s wallpaper at the end of the day. We are the ones who interpret it – positively or negatively. We assign meaning to it. Based on our views, beliefs and experiences

Whether you like it or not. Someone somewhere made the choice. They must have like it. Can’t imagine it was one person’s decision either.

Having grownup in the 70s, interesting wallpaper was common place. I remember vividly some of the borderline psychedelic offerings from my childhood. I think some are still etched on my retinas they were so bold. But they were of the time.

Probably worth a fortune now…