I have had the same squeaky swivel chair in my office for 6 years. It is a very loved piece of furniture because it is where I sit to do my Daily GPS. I call it my Creating Chair. I have a very positive sentimental connection with this chair.
There is another piece of furniture, that for years I had a very negative sentimental connection with. My Dad built me a chest of drawers out of scraps from his wood pile. He gave all of about an hour to the project. For years, I felt like he didn’t love or care for me, or he would have taken more time and built it out of something that he felt was worthy of his love for me.
This was all before I learned about giving myself permission to have a different experience. Just a few years ago, I gave myself permission to consider creating a new, more positive sentimental connection with this chest of drawers, and with my Dad.
It was amazing how when I made the choice to see it differently, instead of feeling anger at my Dad, I felt love and gratitude. He took one precious hour out of his busy work day and used his skill of creating something useful out of unorganized matter, to give his daughter four perfectly functional drawers of space.
I saw that chest of drawers follow me to my new home as a newlywed as a space for sewing paraphernalia. I saw that same chest of drawers move to hold tools in our garage, and then later, with a fresh coat of paint, it became a chest of drawers in my own daughter’s home as a newlywed.
Three generations have touched this now loved piece of history and memory. And I am grateful for the positive sentimental connection it still brings between me and my Dad.
Things are alive, they are made up of energy. They contain the essence of those who have touched them in some way. A fragrance, a piece of music, or a physical object, all carry with them, a means of connection to a former memory or relationship.
Many of us hold a sentimental connection with our previous home, before we were born on earth, with a former family and Father in Heaven who we can connect with anytime through prayer and meditation.
There are sentimental connections with past experiences that we can see have led up to our current state of being. Gratitude is often present with these moments of reflection, especially when our eyes of understanding are opened and we see how perfectly everything worked together.
I Give Myself Permission to Create Sentimental Connections
- I am the catalyst for my future sentimental connections
- I choose positive sentimental connections
- I give time to reflection and feel gratitude for all the connections that have led me to where I am today
- I let go of the need to control the outcome and instead, allow connections to happen naturally
- I desire sentimental connections
- I am open to sentimental connections
- I anchor in, deeper connections by recognizing and expressing gratitude for them
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