a good imagination, creative energy and a pile of junk

"To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk."

Thomas Edison

We all have it, don't we?

those drawers for our junk,

pieces of things "once was"

waiting for a new genesis to begin.

At times,

we ourselves are like that,

pieces of our past fill our psyche,

we rumble through the old hurts,

dreams unlived,

broken heart pieces,

searching for a way to begin again.

We stare at what we have.

Look at the fragments of days gone by,

look at shards of broken splinters,

and

dig our way into the color of happiness,

rainbow hues that swirl through the junk

coloring our world

and

making our life

worth the time.

Every once in awhile,

it is fun to peruse the things we call junk,

take them out

one piece at a time,

hold them in our hands

and

lift them toward the light,

where they often look quite different.

Hold them tight, touch them, remember their cause,

and

then

do something!

Begin again,

with

all the pieces and place them where you want.

piece by piece,

color by color,

I promise

if you work at it

something beautiful will

arise

from what

once was considered

"a pile of junk".

Go on

begin again!

Have a great day!

and

Hugs.

The photo was taken in an Appalachian Museum when Big Daddy and I went on our hiking trip.

This was a cigar box converted into a jewelery box

and

covered with pieces of everyday junk.

It is very unusual---and cost a whopping $40.00.   I took a picture of it but did not bring it home!