For years I have wanted to collect souvenirs from
places I traveled to, but I didn’t want a cupboard full of coffee mugs that no
one would ever see. Too often your souvenirs just become clutter and dust
collectors.
Then one day I discovered thimbles. If you read my
post from 11-12-13 called Little Souvenirs, you will find out how I got started
collecting them. Kind of a fun story.
They take up very little space and can be displayed
for all of your friends and visitors to see.
I have brought them home from all over California,
Oregon, Montana, England, Wales, and Scotland. People have brought them to me
from Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Florida, Hawaii, Paris, Amsterdam
and Jamaica, to name a few. When people find out you collect them they tend to
want to add to your collection. I believe it makes them feel like they are part
of something fun.
Some of our close friends just came back from a
cruise to Europe and they had six new thimbles for me. I now have added to my
treasure trove thimbles from Berlin Russia, Estonia, Finland, Sweden, and a
second thimble from Amsterdam. On their next cruise they will be going all over
Asia. I will be getting thimbles from China, Japan and who knows where else. I can
hardly wait.
Some people might see my thimbles as silly, but to
me each one is a unique treasure. It represents a place, an experience and a
friend who brought it back to me. There are no two alike, just like no two of
the memories they represent are alike. I wish you all could see them.
As you probably know, I am a Christian children’s
book author. I also write poetry. In fact, that is what I wrote first.
To me, every time I write something it is a treasure.
It is exciting to create an experience that I am bringing to my friends. It is
unique. No one else has written exactly what I just put into words.
Some people might not understand it. They might
think it is silly, but others will love it. There is an expression, “one man’s
trash is another man’s treasure”. In other words, we are all different. Nothing
pleases everyone, but everything pleases someone.
If you are a writer, don’t try to please everyone. You
can’t do it. Write in a way that pleases you. If you do that I guaranty you
that you please at least some people.
When I show my book to people some of them just look
at it and give me a condescending smile, but others go crazy over it. I have
had to learn to let it go when someone does no appreciate what I have done.
Whether you write, paint, do magic tricks, or dance,
share your art with people who will see it for the treasure it is. Do not be
discouraged by the ones who don’t get it.
Whatever you do it is a treasure, it is your
treasure. Enjoy it and keep sharing it.
