Halloween Costume
My friend from small group is hosting a Halloween party soon and as I LOVE getting dressed up, I am so going. Unfortunately, I have no idea what to BE and I have limited resources. First I wanted to be a Bollywood movie star because I love Indian culture and I have always wanted to wear a saree/sari, but 7 yards of fabric is kind of pricey! Then I thought I could just paint my face so I looked online for ideas and saw one of a simple lotus flower design that struck me. I have a small lotus flower hair comb that I have been wearing often lately so I thought, "Hmmm...why I am being drawn to lotus flowers lately? I wonder what they symbolize?" Soooo....I looked it up and was speechless when I read this:
"Lotus flowers...represent having gone through a hard time and the person is now coming out of it. Like the flower they have been at the bottom in the muddy, yucky dirty bottom of the pond but have risen above this to display an object of beauty or a life of beauty as the case might be. Thus a lotus blossom can also represent a hard time in life that has been overcome."
and this:
"The Lotus Flower grows in the deep mud, far away from the sun. But, sooner or later, the Lotus reaches the light becoming the most beautiful flower ever.
The Lotus flower is regarded in many different cultures –— specially in eastern religions — as a symbol of purity, enlightenment, self-regeneration and rebirth. Its characteristics are a perfect analogy for the human condition: even when its roots are in the dirtiest waters, the Lotus produces the most beautiful flower."
I have decided to just "be" a lotus flower for Halloween then. Not sure how I am going to pull it off exactly, but it involves face paint, jewelry and (??).
"Lotus flowers...represent having gone through a hard time and the person is now coming out of it. Like the flower they have been at the bottom in the muddy, yucky dirty bottom of the pond but have risen above this to display an object of beauty or a life of beauty as the case might be. Thus a lotus blossom can also represent a hard time in life that has been overcome."
and this:
"The Lotus Flower grows in the deep mud, far away from the sun. But, sooner or later, the Lotus reaches the light becoming the most beautiful flower ever.
The Lotus flower is regarded in many different cultures –— specially in eastern religions — as a symbol of purity, enlightenment, self-regeneration and rebirth. Its characteristics are a perfect analogy for the human condition: even when its roots are in the dirtiest waters, the Lotus produces the most beautiful flower."
I have decided to just "be" a lotus flower for Halloween then. Not sure how I am going to pull it off exactly, but it involves face paint, jewelry and (??).
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