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Broken treasures clogging up space
One of the unfortunate things about blogging every day for a year is that sometimes your head is in a wierd place. I got a PM from a PassPorter this week, and it got me to thinking. Today I'm thinking about broken treasures.
I had bought all five of the Disney Christmas lawn ornaments a few years ago. Well, somehow, the Minnie was smashed to smitherines in the basement. Looked like something from the slasher movie Saw. It was kind-of a shocking sight!
I started looking for a replacement several months ago, with no success. Last night I searched ebay, but could not find one. I don't think Disney makes them anymore so that, as they say, is that.
I think everyone has dealt with broken treasures at one point or another. They are the material things that meant something to us and, for one reason or another, they ended up in pieces.
I think that the way treasures meet their demise has alot to do with how we react, though. People lose their treasures in natural disasters or fires. They might lose them when a curious cat decides to knock them over onto the floor. Maybe age just got the best of them, Maybe they are lost from carelessness. Or maybe someone destroyed treasures intentionally without thinking or to teach a lesson.
Each method of destruction carries it's own sub-message. Maybe it is to be more careful. Maybe it is to move someplace that is safer. Maybe it is to take better care of your things. Or maybe it is to remember that if you put too much of your heart into things, you are taking a risk.
I've been kind-of exploring the less sparkly side of setting and achieving goals as the year closes, and I think being aware of broken treasures is important.
The broken treasures in your goals are the ways or systems that really no longer work, for one reason or another, but you can't let go of them. Maybe you keep looking for something that is no longer there, like a Minnie Mouse statue that is not made any more. Maybe you keep useless files or broken objects around because they once meant something to you. Maybe the broken treasures are old habits or ways of thinking that are strangely comfortable because they are "you" but which don't serve you any more.
Today I got rid of an old typewriter that I had since high school. I loved that typewriter and typed my first published poems on it. It is truly a treasure to me. But it is big, you can't get typewriter ribbons for it, and I don't even think it works any more. So I got rid of it. And I like the space it created.
I'm spending the days reorganizing my systems for billing and documenting. (I am self-employed but, unfortunately, my boss is an idiot!)
And I'm going to really work to purge those old ways and things that no longer really serve a purpose or that just plain don't work any longer. I'm going to stop looking for things that can't be found like statues that are out of production. I'm going to let go of things that really don't make sense like typewriters that are obsolete. And, mainly, I'm going to try and foster even more courage, even more focus, and even more hope by sweeping out some of the broken thinking that slows me down.
I feel like that will leave more room for better ways.
As the year comes to a close, can you try to locate a few broken treasures that you need to let go of?
I had bought all five of the Disney Christmas lawn ornaments a few years ago. Well, somehow, the Minnie was smashed to smitherines in the basement. Looked like something from the slasher movie Saw. It was kind-of a shocking sight!
I started looking for a replacement several months ago, with no success. Last night I searched ebay, but could not find one. I don't think Disney makes them anymore so that, as they say, is that.
I think everyone has dealt with broken treasures at one point or another. They are the material things that meant something to us and, for one reason or another, they ended up in pieces.
I think that the way treasures meet their demise has alot to do with how we react, though. People lose their treasures in natural disasters or fires. They might lose them when a curious cat decides to knock them over onto the floor. Maybe age just got the best of them, Maybe they are lost from carelessness. Or maybe someone destroyed treasures intentionally without thinking or to teach a lesson.
Each method of destruction carries it's own sub-message. Maybe it is to be more careful. Maybe it is to move someplace that is safer. Maybe it is to take better care of your things. Or maybe it is to remember that if you put too much of your heart into things, you are taking a risk.
I've been kind-of exploring the less sparkly side of setting and achieving goals as the year closes, and I think being aware of broken treasures is important.
The broken treasures in your goals are the ways or systems that really no longer work, for one reason or another, but you can't let go of them. Maybe you keep looking for something that is no longer there, like a Minnie Mouse statue that is not made any more. Maybe you keep useless files or broken objects around because they once meant something to you. Maybe the broken treasures are old habits or ways of thinking that are strangely comfortable because they are "you" but which don't serve you any more.
Today I got rid of an old typewriter that I had since high school. I loved that typewriter and typed my first published poems on it. It is truly a treasure to me. But it is big, you can't get typewriter ribbons for it, and I don't even think it works any more. So I got rid of it. And I like the space it created.
I'm spending the days reorganizing my systems for billing and documenting. (I am self-employed but, unfortunately, my boss is an idiot!)
And I'm going to really work to purge those old ways and things that no longer really serve a purpose or that just plain don't work any longer. I'm going to stop looking for things that can't be found like statues that are out of production. I'm going to let go of things that really don't make sense like typewriters that are obsolete. And, mainly, I'm going to try and foster even more courage, even more focus, and even more hope by sweeping out some of the broken thinking that slows me down.
I feel like that will leave more room for better ways.
As the year comes to a close, can you try to locate a few broken treasures that you need to let go of?
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Funny how you say that, In a passage I have read it says if you let go, things can come your way better or maybe if trust that there is something better out there and you let go of your own selfish desire of how you want it to happen then things can't go wrong. Yes it very hard to let go of a lot of thing because we buried it so much into our heart and when it get broken or get torn away from us it HURTS
. So like most of us we are afraid to be HURT so that way I think we can't let go as easy. I love
my cousin and her daughters, when I was with them last Christmas I start to put her daughters in my heart deep but I had to remember that they don't live close to me, so I couldn't go deeper. But the night I had to go back home and on the train it was already deep 
and it was like a big poll out of my heart and I had to get over the love that one of them was giving me (we are so much alike almost in every way). Also I wanted to take care of her myself, If I was near her. So yes 
it hurts in a way but a good hurt. I told my self to let go since I'm not near them and all. I can do is send them the love. Since I let go it easier to Email them and mail them stuff. So letting go will make thing easier in the long run.
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Posted 12-30-2009 at 07:01 PM by TNTWheels 
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Todd, that was a really hearfelt comment. I'm so sorry that you feel hurt by that.
You can have good relationships with people who live far away, especially these days.It sounds like your treasures (your cousin and her daughters) are just not nearby-not broken.
You may need to let go of having them close by in person, but there are plenty of other ways to be close.
Some of my closest friends are very far away.0 Pixie Dust
Posted 12-30-2009 at 07:37 PM by Sandra Bostwick
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I have to remind myself, especially if I'm thinking about material treasures lost, (sentimental ones) like photos, scrapbook things, etc... These items although I may have treasured them and they have had a part in forming who I am, that the loss of them does not take anything away. Their subtraction can't remove the memories not totally, nor do they take from me what I gained while making that memory. Make sense?0 Pixie Dust
Posted 12-30-2009 at 09:30 PM by GoofEme
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Makes perfect sense. Someone sent this to me. It is perfect!
CALMNESS IN OUR LIVES
I am passing this on to you because it definitely works and we could
all use a little more calmness in our lives. By following simple
advice heard on the Oprah show, you too can find inner peace.
Dr. Oz proclaimed, ' The way to achieve inner peace is to finish all
the things you have started and have never finished.'
So, I looked around my house to see all the things I started and
hadn't finished, and before leaving the house this morning, I finished
off a bottle of White Zinfandel, a bottle of Tequila, a package of
Oreos, the remainder of my old Prozac prescription, the rest of the
cheesecake, some Doritos, and a box of chocolates. You have no idea
how freaking good I feel right now.
Pass this on if you know anyone you think might be in need of inner
peace.
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Posted 12-30-2009 at 09:36 PM by Sandra Bostwick
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yeah I do need to let go of somethings I can't control. Oh well we can help each other right to let things go.
After New Years I will have to take my Christmas stuff down and I have short through others ones I didn't use and give them away, that I have to remember I got to let go to some of them to make room in my apartment.0 Pixie Dust
Posted 12-30-2009 at 09:48 PM by TNTWheels
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Todd, I love that we can help each other through that. I can't wait to hear how you do with giving some of that stuff away.0 Pixie Dust
Posted 12-30-2009 at 10:59 PM by Sandra Bostwick
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So it's just eerie Woman!! Get out of my head! It seems everytime you blog... it was only hours prior it came up in my life!
Today, I started flipping through canvases long painted, posted, unsold, hung, stored, etc. As far back as 2003. I was sick then, got better, had my love Alice, opened Angie's Attic... so I sent an email today to all on my Artist Mailing List that specific pieces were going to be recycled and repainted. I gave everyone an idea of the pieces and about a week or so and will give a follow up reminder before hand.
It was so long ago that to even look at these painting, I either feel nothing AT ALL... or too much to deal with.
So, start fresh, recycle... and no one will know that underneath a future painting lies a past of mine.
So a new year bring new art, new thoughts and "New Adventures"... and especially... even though still complete strangers... very awesome new friends!!
Thanks Sandy... cheers to year that wrapped up on a better note than it started... I never would have guessed that one of the strongest... influencial people in my life... I have never even met...
Happy New Years everyone... G'nite!0 Pixie Dust
Posted 12-30-2009 at 11:05 PM by A.Daley
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p.s. what did the lawn ornament look like? Just wanna know... give some details!0 Pixie Dust
Posted 12-30-2009 at 11:20 PM by A.Daley
