Giving Things Life

Because I love glitter

Last week I lost my pen pouch. No big deal right ? I could totally  go and buy another one. Except the fact that I made a great fuss about losing it in the first place.
I want you think of a thing you lost. It could be anything. A guitar, a necklace, a car, a pen, a book or a mug. Now ask yourself was it replaceable? No. Of course you could go out and buy a new elaborate version of it, but it could never replace the one you had before.
For example, my dad refuses to give up his old car. He has a new one but he won't give up the old one which just sits there in the garage. He claims the car has been with him through thick and thin and is not just a piece of metal for him.
We humans tend to associate our feelings with the things we own. That's why we have favourites.
I mean, sure I could have bought another pouch, but how could I forget the one which I had owned for almost 7 years. I had doodled on it when I was bored, it had way too many coffee stains and a charm with my initials on it. I was pretty bummed to loose it.
It was then I realised how something so simple could make me so sad. From a third person point of view it seems silly to be sad over this, but it was important to me cause I had given it importance.
If we look at it, we give things life. A wedding ring is just a normal ring until  it gets endowed with love. No thing is special unless we believe in it. It's amazing how a meaningless thing can turn out to mean so much for anyone.
In the end, we provide those things power.
I want to know your favourite thing and why you love it so much.