I recently came upon a small box of little items that had gotten pushed way in the back of my closet. It is amazing what a little bit of searching brings forth from the darkness. There were lots of little papers from various times in my life that I had saved. --Pictures of family and friends and events from over the years--awards I had received--programs I had been involved with--things I had written, made, enjoyed. But way down at the bottom of the box, there was a tiny little box the size that a nice bracelet would fit in. It was a box from an old department store where I grew up called Epsteins. The box was probably 30 years old atleast. I was sort of excited by seeing that box and quickly grabbed it to see what was in there. Opening the box, I soon realized that it was my little trinket box from when I was a kid. Housed in this box--two stubs to the movie theatre (not sure what movie)a necklace made from beads that was in the shape of a clown, a pink banded Barbie watch, a 1967 penny, two small marbles and a slightly bigger marble and my TOPO GEEJO (the little mouse on the Ed Sullivan Show). It was my trinket box!! There's not much in the box that is worth much to anyone else but me--but oh what treasures!
It made me think of what inspires me today. Sometimes it is the simpliest things in life that are the greatest source of inspiration. Sometimes it is the little things that we take for granted in our lives or that just don't seem to have meaning for anyone else but ourselves, that have the most impact. Sometimes it is finding the treasure of years past that help us remember fondly a long past relative or friend, a fun time, something that made us laugh or brought a tear to our eye, but always a treasure of the heart that gives us inspiration.
So look for the areas in your life where things may have been pushed to the back to see the stashes of wonderful memories that might just be the thing that brings you the inspiration you need today to make something wonderful. Have fun with your treasures.
