Dulux colour of the year

Dear Reader

Few things on earth can beat the togetherness of folks around a campfire (well, except for one thing: the rain pattering gently as I write this letter!) The yellow glow of a comfy fire can turn disastrous, however, as we saw when the all-consuming wildfires of Los Angeles, USA caused recent devastation. (Have a look at some frightening online videos).

It is petrifying: A peaceful yellow-glowing flame can transition from beauty into a horrific scene – like when energy and optimism suddenly transform into panic and anxiety.
Imagine the strong contrast between the buttery yellow of a nursery, a golden sunflower or a beach umbrella versus the glaring yellow of warning signs and flashing neon lights that overstimulate the senses.

You may ultimately choose what you do with YOUR yellow. What kind of yellow is your aura? If people were to describe you in terms of an emoji, what would you be?
A laughing yellow face… a disgruntled one… or lying-again-Pinocchio… or perchance the one looking sheepish… or what about the yellow-turned-red angry one?
Perhaps it’s time for introspection, for taking a paintbrush and adding a few strokes of paint to our (flawed) humanness. Come, show your real True Joy to the world!

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Liewe Leser

Min dinge is beter as die samesyn van kuier om ’n kampvuurtjie (wel, dalk een ding – die heerlike reënbui’tjies wat val terwyl ek hier skryf!) Maar die gloed van ’n geel vuurtjie kan ook handuit ruk, soos die onlangse verterende brande in Los Angeles, Amerika, ons gewys het. (Gaan kyk die aanlyn video’s, jy sal sidder).

Dit is skrikwekkend: Daardie rustige geel gloed van vlamme wat van iets moois kan oorspoel tot ’n verskrikking – soos energie en optimisme wat skielik in angs en spanning kan omsit.

Die “sag-op-die-oog” geel van ’n babakamer, ’n goue sonneblom, of die helder geel van ’n sonsambreel staan tog sterk in kontras met die geel van waarskuwingsborde en die oorstimulerende geel van flitsende neonligte.

Jy kan ook kies wat jy doen met JOU geel: Wat straal jy uit? As mense jou moet beskryf in die vorm van ’n geel emoji – wat sal jy wees?
Die laggende geel gesiggie… of die suurpruim… of die verdraai-altyd-die waarheid Pinocchio… of die bedremmelde een… of selfs die geel-wat-rooi-van-woede-word emoji?

Soms moet ons introspeksie doen, die verfkwas optel en ’n paar nuwe kwashale tot ons menswees toevoeg. Kom wys weer jou ware True Joy vir die wêreld!

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OUR THEME - DULUX COLOUR OF THE YEAR
We all look at life and choose the colour we see. Our reaction to whatever is happening around us will form a hue in our minds, invariably optimistic or pessimistic or perhaps just plain bleh. True Joy, if earnestly sought in times of quiet, could very well be a joyful deep yellow, much preferred over a miserable dark purple or a washed-out, once-vibrant red. With dark political and economical clouds assembling around us, we need to look out for cheerful sunshine.“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness…” Galatians 5:22 (The Bible – NIV)

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KEEP IN MIND
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness…” Galatians 5:22 (The Bible – NIV)



Gerty