Mustard

Dysfunctional state of mind

Melancholy, inexplicably coming and going depression

Innate resource / positive virtue

Introspection / Joy

Positive affirmation

"I know the sun continues to shine even when clouds are blocking it. What I perceive outside reflects what I focus on inside: I choose to perceive joy and to express it on the outside!"

Mustard is the Bach Flower for those who are subject to sudden melancholy, a form of sadness which, like a cloud, suddenly and without apparent cause overshadows the light and joy of life.

By nature, Mustard is inclined to withdraw into the inner self and look inside it. We can say that Introspection is their innate resource. This quality, however, originates from the tendency to hesitate on the emergence of depressive moods which have no explanation or reason to exist.

Mustard therefore invites us to develop the virtue of Joy, which is the ability to grasp, reflect on and enjoy the marvellous, amazing, and pleasant things that are manifested in every small and large aspect of life, in the simplest as well as the most surprising things. In fact, what makes Mustard functional is not just the tendency to explore one’s own soul depths, but the ability to enjoy in a simple and immediate way what is offered in the present time.

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