Sometimes the simplest remark or quote can spark thoughts about emotional states and how we might address them with flower remedies. This photo heading reminds me that we lose our sense of identity if we don’t have adequate boundaries in our lives. It attracted this comment by artist Nick Pumper: “In order to define a thing, there must be limits.” Sand dunes notoriously shift because they have no boundaries, being subject to all the winds of change.
This is what happens when we need Centaury – our boundaries
are so weak or ineffectual that we shape-shift in order to please people. We want to help but there are times when we
neglect our own needs in order to do so.
In this sense Centaury types have something in common with those needing
Walnut. Both are in the group
Oversensitive to Ideas and Influences because they are susceptible to the
demands and priorities of others. The
pressure on those needing Walnut is from those who want to hold back the
future, whereas the pressure on Centaury is from those expecting attention in
the present. These influences or
expectations can throw us off course.
When we need either remedy, taking it strengthens our sense of what is
right for us, lets us see that we are not being selfish in addressing our own needs,
and that to fulfil our destiny we must live our life untrammelled by the push
and pull of others.
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“Sometimes it is easy to be generous outwardly, to give and give and give and yet
remain ungenerous to your self. You lose the balance of your soul if you do not
learn to take care of yourself. You need to be generous to yourself in order to receive the love that surrounds you." John O’Donohue, Anam Cara
