I got the idea for a 'Jar of Good Things' from this blog: Thoughts of a Shieldmaiden. ^_^
The long and the short of the idea is this - Get a jar (or a jar equivalent - Mine is made from a coffee can with cloth glued on the outside. ) and anytime a 'good thing' happens that you want to remember, you write it down and put it inside.
When 2014 gets here I'll be able to open it up read all the little things I wanted to remember. To keep myself from even the temptation of opening it and reading the things inside before 2014, I glued the container shut. *Grins* I hope I don't have too much trouble getting it back open...
So far I've filled out several note cards and dropped them into my coffee can. The idea of only putting 'good' things in there didn't really appeal to me - I've written about things that have happened, both good and bad, so that I can look back on this year and remember lots of different happenings.
I've written about my eighteenth birthday party, and the crazy fun we had... About the four days I had the flu and slept most of the day... About long talks with friends... About a few of the rough days I've had... Life, I've written about life. Parts of it may not be glamorous or exciting, but there it is - bits of it scribbled down on note cards.
I've written about my eighteenth birthday party, and the crazy fun we had... About the four days I had the flu and slept most of the day... About long talks with friends... About a few of the rough days I've had... Life, I've written about life. Parts of it may not be glamorous or exciting, but there it is - bits of it scribbled down on note cards.
It's not the beginning of the year anymore, but perhaps you'd like to make a 'Good Things Jar' too. I mean, come on, doesn't this sound like a fun idea? ;)
~Ophelia - Marie
I need to do this still...
ReplyDeleteI really like that--putting good /and/ difficult things in there. They are both important. They're both things you may want to remember one day--they're all part of God's plan for you (obviously, if they happened). :D
*Pokes you about it* Yup, ya do...
DeleteYes. :) *Agrees* And sometimes the difficult things turn out to be really good things, though at the time they didn't feel like it.
~ZA
*grins* Hopefully soon. ^_^
ReplyDeleteYes, exactly! They sometimes can only be truly appreciated looking back...so to not save those ones would be silly, at least in some cases.
Do cardboard boxes (that I'm going to end up duct-taping shut) count? XD I will decorate it too, at some point... *just decided to do it today* *since it won't just have good things, will probably just call it a 'Box of Memories'*
ReplyDeleteIf a coffee can counts, then a cardboard box counts too. ;) You'll have to show me a picture when you're done decorating it! :)
Delete*Smiles* I think that's a good name for it.
~ZA
Yay! ^_^ And yes, I will--I may even dedicate an entry on my blog to it. *grins*
DeleteYep. ^_^
Oooh! Hurray! ^_^
DeleteHm... it didn't work out like I had hoped; the box didn't work well. :P Oh well. Next year I'll hunt down a real jar or can.
ReplyDeleteAww! What happened to it?
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