The Surrender Box
About
six weeks ago, my teacher suggested that I create a box in which to put some of
my most painful writings/memories. My
procrastinator has been refusing to finish this box until yesterday, when at
last I put the final decoration on it!
This challenge was driving me to complete it!
I
had been feeling so insecure about what she (my teacher) would think about the
way the box looked. It was a ‘group’
effort in decorating it. So, as you will
see in the picture below, it is a hodgepodge of ‘collectibles’. All of the items used to decorate the box
have just been ‘hanging around’ the house in various places not being
utilized. Different ‘parts’ have
purchased these things over the years or they were given to us by various
people or they were souvenirs. So what
was thought of initially as ‘junk’ or ‘clutter’ has become a part of our “Surrender
Box”. Everything
on this box has a symbolic meaning or a memory attached to it. Some might find it silly, some
might find it meaningful; for me it is SACRED.
It is a way to help me release the painful and negative energy that my
past has kept me ‘boxed’ within. So, it
is coming out of my 'inner box’ and going into the ‘surrender box’ to be
released. When the time comes, when I am
ready, everything inside it will be burned or buried as my final release.
I just have to add that creating this box was cathartic in itself.
I just have to add that creating this box was cathartic in itself.
Okay,
don’t laugh or ..... laugh, WHATEVER!!!
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Inside
Top Inside
Top Inside
My Surrender Box
I
found an article online that will explain the purpose of this box, in case you
have never heard of the idea before now.
You can find it here at My Daily Om The Surrender Box
Peace.
Nico
