A few years ago, while I was living in Germany, I had a random thought ...I’d always seen red roses, and pink roses, and white and yellow...But, I’d never seen a blue rose ?? Blue has always been my favorite color, and though I love many colors, I have since been intrigued by the idea of a blue rose.... So, I did what anyone would do nowadays, and yes, I googled, ’Blue Roses’, and this is some of what I found:
The blue rose does not occur in nature, at least not the absolute blue rose. Blue roses were at first created by dyeing white roses. Some people mistake lavender roses for blue ones. So, the closest we can get to blue roses are the lilac to almost black category. Roses lack the pigment that produces blue color. The blue rose has been painstakingly created and imbued with a special meaning.
Much like its mysterious origin, the blue rose means mystery. An appreciation for the enigmatic, the inexplicable is expressed by the blue rose. A tantalizing vision that cannot be totally pinned down, a mystery that cannot be fully unraveled is the blue rose. A person who receives the blue rose is the subject of much speculation and thought. A complex personality that does not allow easy interpretation is what the blue rose indicates.
Another meaning of the blue rose is that it symbolizes the impossible, or the unattainable. Since the blue rose itself is a rarity in nature, it stands for something that is hardly within one’s grasp, an object that seems too difficult to be achieved. Thus the blue rose is admired and revered as an unrealizable dream.
The blue rose being in itself something very extraordinary expresses that very same feeling. "You are extraordinarily wonderful", the blue rose exclaims. A truly wonderful personality, almost chimera-like is what the blue rose says about the receiver. A flight of fancy, an irrepressible imagination is what the blue rose is all about.
New opportunities and new possibilities are also some other meanings of the blue rose. The blue rose denotes the excitement and the possibilities that new ventures bring. The mysterious beginnings of new things and the excitement therein are very nicely expressed by this flower.
The blue rose is a flower that seeks to convey a message of mystery, enchantment and a sense of the impossible. One should never forget that as a flower that is not found freely in nature, the blue rose has a certain charm and unique mystery that does not reveal itself freely.
After reading about the blue rose, I realize that its meaning may have unknowingly drawn me in, as well as my idea of what the blue rose would look like...The meaning made sense to me...I could relate to being a bit of an enigma, a mystery, and someone that does not reveal herself easily, or so I am told...Regardless, I have always thought that I am forever misunderstood...I can definitely relate to new beginnings and possibilities because, I have had to work hard to look at the positive side of things, and keep my faith, after many new beginnings I have recently been faced with...I realize that despite my openness, that I am forever a mystery to most, and that my walls, my hurts, tend to limit me from ever being completely understood, open, or from completely trusting others...and yet, I long for someone to truly know me, for that trust to break my walls down...The blue rose, in the simplest context...is my unrealizable dream to be understood, and to be loved for who and everything I am, whether imaginative, complicated, or a mystery...to be loved.
I have, over the past few years, told a few of my friends and family about my dream to acquire a blue rose one day...I continue to google ’Blue Rose’ every now and then, to see if anyone has been able to naturally grow the ’unrealizable dream’. So far, it has only been created using genetic engineering. Maybe, that is why I love the blue rose to this day...maybe its the fact that I can continue to want, continue to love the idea of the blue rose and what it stands for,...to continue to dream, but I know that it really always will be simply that: A Dream. I think the fact that it allows me to keep dreaming, to keep the hope alive, is in fact, the real appeal of the blue rose in my life...
The closest thing I have ever gotten, to my blue rose, has been a blue rose made of glass I acquired at Euro Disney in Paris, France in 2004 . It has lived with me in 4 different houses, and several different countries and states (I used to move a lot), and despite having been ’man handled’ and having lost a green leaf that was meticulously re-glued, my blue glass rose has been a symbol for me of possibility, of a dream that may not always be unrealizable...
Tonight, when I arrived home, there was a package on my kitchen island....The box said, ’Flowers’, and I opened it, and much to my surprise...there were blue roses inside! They were actually white roses dyed blue, but wow, it was exactly what I thought they’d look like...exactly! I can barely remember having mentioned my dream for a blue rose lately, but, someone must have been listening...
I know who sent me the roses...and he knows who he is, and all I have to say is...you amaze me...Thank you for listening...for looking past my rambling and finding the things that really mean the most to me...Thank you for caring, for allowing me the realization, and for never laughing at my dreams, no matter how crazy, wild, and maybe even, unrealizable...You have made this dream seem like more of a reality, and I cannot say enough, Thank You.
