Gathering Gratitude ~ A Tale of Two Earrings

Greetings Dear Reader,

Recently¸ Avalon retold a story from many years ago.  Rubies have always been the precious stone at the center of our journey.  She had a pair of very nice ruby earrings but only wore one at a time.  She lost the first one.  She was distraught, and I reassured her that she had another.  Then she lost it.  We both looked high and low for them and we were sure they were lost forever.

Fast forward a few months and I am exiting the shower.  A sudden sharp pain is in my right foot.  It is something stuck in my foot.  Yes, it is one of the ruby earrings.  I call for Avalon whilst withdrawing the earring from my foot. 

She comes to me. I am still in a good bit of pain and standing on one foot. It is clear that I am in pain.  I show her the earring and explain that it got stuck in my foot.  She grabbed the proffered earring and beamed excitedly.  Ignoring my bleeding foot and pain she asked, “Did you find the back?”

First, Avalon is not that insensitive.  She was overtaken in the moment because she felt so guilty for losing the earrings.  Also, it was worth the pain for her to have one of them back.  We did find her a more secure backing for it.

A few months later we gathered with some friends for some table-top gaming.  As I poured out dice on the table, there in the midst of them was the second ruby earring.  We both gasped and Avalon beamed at me and asked, “Did you find the back?”  We were able to tell our friends about the first earring.

There is so much gratitude to be gathered in this tale.  Gratitude that she had her earrings back is obvious.  That there is such a good story behind and an object lesson on gratitude is priceless.  Hidden in the tale, however, is the element of mystic gratitude that only Avalon and I know. 

You see, Dear Reader, both of those earrings were lost far from home.  One was lost at a sundries story two towns away from where we lived.  We were aware of the loss at the time and searched for the earring for almost an hour without success.  The second was lost on vacation in another state.  The great gathering of gratitude is that we cannot explain how the earrings came home to Avalon.  We can express gratitude for them and that is what matters.  We can gather more gratitude over the years for the memory of the entire story.

Wishing you joy in the journey,

Aramis Thorn
Mat 13:52 So Jesus said to them, "That is why every writer who has become a disciple of Christ’s rule of the universe is like a homeowner. He liberally hands out new and old things from his great treasure store.”
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Every human story is part of the great story that leads to the Father getting everything back to Good.

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The difference between false memories and true ones is the same as for jewels: it is always the false ones that look the most real, the most brilliant. – Salvador Dali