Color My World 

By Gloria Wilson From My Brush

Do you see color? Does color affect how others see you? Does it affect your mood? Does it affect your taste? Does it affect your communication? Can you change any of this?

All these questions were answered for me when I participated in an art workshop-ColorTheeory. It is a process of mixing primary colors: red, yellow, orange, blue, and green to get other colors and hues of color. It helps you understand colors and how colors affect you and what colors are complimentary. Beauty is in "the eyes of the beholder." I truly see God's artwork in the whole outdoors we call nature,

Color affects how other people see you: "Colour has a U in it."

Red is a bold color, powerful and strong. It is also associated with love. The red rose is the flower of love and the red heart. Yellow is bright, optimistic, radiant, and often associated with the sun; blue is calming, serene, and intelligent; green is associated with the whole natural world; purple is often connected with royalty, wealth, and spirituality; black is elegant, sophisticated and confident and brown is associated with stone, wood, and earth.

Color Affects Moods, Tastes, and CommunicationsPeople are certainly affected by their surroundings including color.

When we see red it is a signal of anger, stop, or danger. Most businesses use red in their logos like McDonald's, Cocoa, Chick-fil-let. You stop for a stop sign to avoid a ticket. A red rose is the flower of love and the color of the heart.

Doctors and dentists' waiting rooms are painted soft shades of blues and greens for their calming effects, but the hospital clinics are white to reflect cleanliness.

New health drinks often have spinach in them and the color comes out green. It is often hard to drink something green because the color green always represented poison in our former storybook beliefs of witches brew.

On the Internet, Social Media, and Websites, the color is used because it is a good calming color to see and read. AT&T uses Corporate blue. Color certainly affects certain feelings. 

Each and every morning I look out my breakfast nook window and see blue skies, trees, birds flowers, and sometimes cloudy skies rain, snow, or ice. It is a time of reflection and being grateful for a new day. The colors I see help determine how I look and how I feel. My love for painting and  my joy of painting of sharing with others keeps me happy, useful, and " Colors My World."I paint every day in my country butter color, yellow Sunny Room Studio. Yellow is conducive to happiness and creativity.

My Mother Was My First Teacher

Mother’s day is a time to reflect and remember all the wonderful things a mother does.

For me I remember great smells coming from the kitchen. She was the best cook around and we always found extra children at a very long table which was a gathering spot for a family of ten. There were always three vegetables, a meat, salad, homemade bread and a wonderful dessert. And, not like many families of today we ate together. Each of us had a chance to talk about our day. Our birthdays were celebrated by our mother cooking the birthday celebrant’s favorite dinner. Needless to say we had her famous fried chicken a lot.

The number one thing I remember about our mother was what a great teacher she was. In fact, she was our first teacher. On the weekends that old long dinner table served as the family desk. It is where we did our homework. She always said learning was our job Sometimes she would place an object like a vase or a lamp in the middle of the table. With pencil paper and crayons we began our adventures in art. We played an I Spy game in which each person had to give clues to something they saw in the room. The person who got it right also had to spell the object. We also played I Spy in the back of our father’s truck and we went down the road. My father had built a truck bed that had side boards and seats for all the children; eight of us five boys and three girls.

We did not have TV it was not invented yet. We did have an old cathedral shaped radio which we listen to in the evening when all the chores were done Hi Ho Silver, Name that tune, The Kate Smith show were among the family favorites.

For fun we played Chinese checkers, checkers, pickup sticks and cards. Because there were so many of us we could have our own choir. Taking care of each other was a number one rule in our house. We did the dishes together. The boys took out the trash while the girls did the sweeping and dusting. As soon as we got out of bed each morning we made it. We always hung up our clothes and helped younger ones do their chores.

There are so many things we learned with our mother’s nurturing. Let me list a few:

We learned to share with each other and our friends and neighbors.

We learned to make the most with what we had. The word improvise was an early vocabulary word for us. If we didn’t have something we made it. We grew our own food, raised chickens, and caught our own fish. Our father made our crib, carved the needle he used to knit the net and caught our fish.

We were taught good work ethics and that hard work will always show through.

As I reflect I can she my mother’s big brown smiling eyes. Together she and our dad made a house of love and dreams.

Be Careful What You Sow

We have all heard the expression:” you reap what you sow”.  I heard it from my mother and grandmother, and then I heard it in Sunday school during a bible study session. When we did not do as we were told and got into trouble we heard another expression: “you made your bed now lie in it” It means about the same thing. Watch the way you live because you will reap what you sow. there is an effect for everything you do or say and that the effort a person puts into something will be rewarded.

Look within yourself and you will see who you are. Concentrate on the positive and acknowledge the negative. Just believe in yourself and you will feel the power of your own love. When you do take action to improve or simply smile and give yourself a hug.

Real improvement begins with you. I am not saying to sacrifice the learning experiences, new technology or your responsibilities. Accept your responsibilities. And while accepting those responsibilities. Find peace; find joy in your life.

Here are seven Seeds to plant in your thoughts:

“If you plant honesty, you will reap trust”.

“If you plant goodness, you will reap friends”.

“If you plant humility, you will reap greatness”.

“If you plant perseverance, you will reap contentment”.

“If you plant hard work, you will reap success”.

“If you plant happiness, you will reap success”.

So be careful what you plant now, it will determine what you will reap later.

Proud To Know you

Proud To Know You

The Professional Women’s softball season is here.  It is time for this vintage soul to say to all National Pro Fastpitch League players “ I am proud to know you “ And, yes I will take my three strikes at the plate.

You are role models for women and young girls for pursuing a career in the field of Women’s Softball. You lead the way by “doing what you love and love what you are doing.” It is through your hard work and dedication that got you to the top level of softball-the NPF. It is also a time to work as a team and show how team effort and sportsmanship are two character building skills.

This is where the important second pitch counts. As teammates you work together to define and resolve any difficulties you face together. You thrive from each other’s energies. And, you extend that energy and caring to all women. As A two time cancer survivor I am extremely proud when I see you wear those beautiful pink jerseys, pink socks and ribbons on “Pink-Out Games” I am proud to see all the events you sponsor for cancer research. It makes my heart swell when you run in a Marathon or visit young cancer victims in the hospital. You cover the backs of all women and girls by example through your exercise and staying healthy.

Pitch three- out of the park! It is an inspiration to all women by sending the message that you can be what you want to be. Softball is a way to earn an education through scholarships and playing out your dreams. Education for women is just as important to women as it is for men. It is an opportunity to grow to full potential and make a better place in the workforce for women. This is treating the whole person professionally and personally. How much better can you be by having confidence, self-esteem, self-sufficiency, and a heart full of a grateful attitude? These are great experiences for all to share and know that you can be a great mother as well.

GrandmaOnDeck(Gloria Wilson)

 

 

 

Sportsmanship-Ball Field To Board Room.

The Week has been full of the National Profastpitch League for Women's softball on TV and streaming. What exciting games. Games that showcase young talented women in the team sport of softball. These young ladies are playing with heart and sportsmanship and definitely being roll models for young girls. They are displaying all the character building they have learned in the teamwork of the game for many years of their young lives. In college years they prepared for their careers. The final product-young ladies with talent, skills, education and character.

This year 20 young ladies were drafted into the NPF after completing their senior years in college. Will they carry forward the character building skills to the corporate world? Will they take sportsmanship from the ball field into the board room?

What are the characteristics of sportsmanship?

Respect-a good sportsman respects both his teammates and his opponents equally. True in the board room? Respect for one another means not trying to out show one another. Respect opponents-bad mouthing gets no respect personally for you or your company.

Accountability is being responsible for your actions. In the real world are you responsible for you own actions or do you continually blame others. Do you have a million excuses for you miscues and expect no consequences for your actions.

Responsibilities- doing your part and being prepared. When you appear in the board room are you as prepared for the playing field of business? Have you equipped yourself with the necessary information to speak with authority?

Teamwork-Do you have the unselfish desire to work with members of the team and share the
combined efforts for success?

Integrity is being honest with all that you do. Give credit where credit is due. Do you present others work as your own. Do you do your part in teamwork? Be honest in dealings with your opponents because you want to be treat as you would have others treat you.

The qualities of sportsmanship on the ball field can be a "board room" fit. Bringing those character building qualities into the board will keep board members with a positive attitude. Board room sportsmanship can boost morale, promote teamwork, and provide honest good solutions to build a better business. Yes there is a place for sportsmanship on the ball field to take a seat in the board room.