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Symbols can be so beautiful, sometimes.
Yesterday I had the pleasure of Louise Gallagher’s company. It has become a tradition for us to meet each year before Christmas. And I always leave our time together re-energized.
Among the many topics we cover, we talk about Louise’s current move to a new home. I imagine, because of Louise’s creative soul, she must have lots to pack as she’d be inclined to keep things that might be used in a future art project.
“Yes I do,” she affirms, and holds up a print out saying, “I look at this and wonder how I could use it for art.” She goes on to tell me about an empty container she keeps that reminds her to ‘hold space’ for things she cannot change, like the hurts she has caused others, or others’ have caused her.
I pull a black, shiny stone out of my pocket – an Apache Tear – and tell her when I feel it in my pocket I remember those whom I have lost in this life, and those who still struggle.
Do you have a meaningful object? What does it remind you of?
~ DIANA’S ENORMOUS BOOK OF QUOTES ~
Denise Hisey said:
Hmmm, I don’t have a meaningful object but I do have too many ‘meaningful objects’. If you get my drift. You have given me a wonderful idea to find a single item and use it to integrate the meaning from my other clutter onto that one thing. Oh thank you Diana! I think this is just what I needed!
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dianasschwenk said:
Haha great idea! ♡
Diana xo
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Jim McKeever said:
I have a Charlie Brown figure that I’ve had since I was a toddler. It sits on top of my refrigerator (at about 8 inches high and hard plastic, he’s too big and bulky to carry around!). But it’s a comforting link to my childhood.
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dianasschwenk said:
How cool is that, Jim? ♡
Diana xo
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Val Boyko said:
I have collected pebbles and shells from walks in Scotland and been given more from dear friends. I keep them in the pockets of jackets and coats. When I put my hand in I feel the small stone or shell, and know that I am connected to others and the earth. It brings me into the present moment.
Thank you for this “touching” reminder Diana. xo
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dianasschwenk said:
I used to bring home something from places I’d visited, Val! ♡
Diana xo
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joannerambling said:
Meaningful object?
Let me think……………
No can’t think of anything
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dianasschwenk said:
That’s ok, lol
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vanbytheriver said:
I think I’ll set a place for that empty box.
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dianasschwenk said:
Great idea, huh? ♡
Diana xo
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