BLOG POST-24 BLUE

 

                                                                                                BLUE

                             The Many Shades of Blue and You

 

My favourite colour is blue, but someone once asked me — which blue?

Such a simple question, yet it stopped me completely. And once it did, I could not stop thinking.

Blue is not just blue. It can be sky blue, navy blue, turquoise, light blue, baby blue, denim blue, indigo, midnight blue and so much more. Each shade carries its own personality. Navy is bold and authoritative — the colour of uniforms and deep oceans. Baby blue is soft and innocent — like a quiet Sunday morning. Turquoise sits somewhere between blue and green, restless and free, like the sea meeting the sky at the horizon. And midnight blue? That is the colour of 3 am thoughts — deep, still and full of everything unsaid.

I also found words associated with blue — sky, ocean, melancholy, sadness, and even words for lewdness and vulgarity, reflecting blue's diverse and layered meanings. Blue carries the weight of the world and the lightness of a breeze, sometimes at the very same time.

And then I found a song — Blue hai Pani Pani — and even music, it turns out, knows the language of blue.

But here is what truly struck me. The more I explored blue, the more I saw us in it.

Some days you are gloomy, intense and pale, while on other days you shine with rich, bright and vibrant colours. Some days you bloom like blue daisies, and on other days you resemble Picasso's Blue Period — deep, quiet and profound. And both versions of you are equally valid. Equally beautiful.

For somebody, you are like a tiny droplet on a parched heart — without you, their life would be as rough as a restless sea and as dull as a rusty blade. You may not always see your own value, but someone out there feels it deeply.

                                                    

Just as blue transforms when it meets other colours — white softens it into something gentle and light, black deepens it into a bold navy, yellow pulls it towards the warmth of teal, and red draws it into the quiet depth of violet — so do you. Every person you meet, every emotion you feel, every experience you walk through, changes you a little. Sometimes you become lighter. Sometimes deeper. Sometimes you arrive at a colour — a version of yourself — you never even knew existed. And that is not losing yourself. That is becoming.

The cards on the table for the colour blue are unlimited — and so are yours.

You are you, just as blue is blue — along with all its many shades. Not one shade is more important than another. Not one shade is a mistake. Every single one belongs.

The world needs you, and it is incomplete without you. No matter what you think, you are so much more than just you.

You are significant to the happiness of this universe. So, BE YOU.

                  Now I'd like to ask you… Which blue are you today? 🩵