2026.07.14|芸香 Rue
面對後悔,是放過自己的開始。
你是不是也覺得,必須把一切做對了,才有資格往前走?
後悔最累的地方,不是後悔本身,而是你一直覺得自己欠了一個交代。
芸香的英文 Rue 帶有「後悔」之意,拉丁學名 Ruta 卻源自希臘文「使自由」。同一棵植物,同時背負後悔與釋放兩個名字。
在宗教儀式裡,它被用來沾聖水灑在人身上,因此又叫「恩典之草」。恩典不是因為你做對了什麼,而是即使帶著遺憾,依然被允許放下。
後悔了,就面對吧。面對了,就可以放手了。
以香為語,安在當下。
𝘽𝙚 𝙋𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩, 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙪𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙨𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙩.
To face regret is where letting yourself off the hook begins.
Do you also feel that you must get everything right before you have earned the right to move forward?
What makes regret so exhausting is not the regret itself, but the lingering sense that you still owe someone an explanation.
The English name Rue carries the meaning of regret, yet its Latin name, Ruta, comes from a Greek word meaning to set free. One plant, carrying both regret and release in its two names.
In religious ritual, it was dipped in holy water and sprinkled over people, which is how it came to be called the herb of grace. Grace was never earned by getting everything right — it is what allows you to lay something down even while still carrying regret.
If regret has come, then face it. Once faced, it can be let go.
Grounded in the present, spoken through scent.
𝘽𝙚 𝙋𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩, 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙪𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙨𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙩.