The gift you don’t want
Repurposing and rededicating old, janky energy
Many decades ago, Neale Donald Walsch, author of Conversations with God, introduced me to the idea that every relationship has a special energy and a sacred gift that must be exchanged at some point. At the intersection of ourselves and another lies a little slice of magic, wisdom, or heartbreak. Sometimes it takes years for the gift to emerge, sometimes it happens in an in a couple of months. Regardless of the duration of the relationship — a moment, a season, or a lifetime — there will be lessons imparted if you pay close attention.
Tainted objects
Sometimes someone gives you something out of sheer kindness, and when circumstances edit the relationship with distance, you are left with an object — or an energy — that’s hard to reconcile.
When the presence and memory of objects, images, or places are attached to the emotions of a circumstances that have left you feeling abandoned, betrayed, or disappointed — what do you do with the memorializing artifacts? It reminds me of the conundrum of what to make of an artist’s work after they’ve been cancelled.
A plant from someone who wasn’t good for you. A picture of you and someone you threw boundaries up against — enjoying a wonderful trip to somewhere you are unlikely…
