How A Ring Can Save A Family
My sister and I have not spoken since the day we spread our Mother's ashes
. The reasons are complex. Suffice it to say there was a total freeze in our relationship. I know this sort of thing happens in many families, so I will leave it at that.
Today, Christmas 2010, I received a powerful gift from her, which illustrates many of the ideas we are talking about, so despite my resolution to leave the computer off today, I feel compelled to write these thoughts down. She said it was a bequest from my Mother, but as surely as I am writing this, it is a gift from her.
The small package had a jewelry box my Father kept, with his initials. It contained my Father's Class Right from the U.S. Naval Academy. Since we grew up in the Navy, the ring is symbolic of too many archetypes and subconscious ideas to count.
First and foremost, it symbolizes our Father, who wore it often throughout most of our growing up years. But it also symbolizes childhood, good times together, the warmth of family, family ties, and yes, even Mother. Why Mother? Because when I put it on my right pinky finger, I realize what large knuckles and fingers I have, which are inherited from my Mother's stolid Pennsylvania Dutch roots. The gift is so power it brings tears to my eyes.
In one stroke my sister has broken the ice of our relationship. The gift is so powerful I can literally feel the "furniture" moving around in my subconscious mind. So this is an example of how something symbolic and archetypal can change society. It is the society within our own family, but everything that contributes to the good of society is part of the "good" that I hope we can do as a group working together to spread the ideas of archetype around the world.
Think about it in your own life. How has a gift from a loved one been meaningful to you? Did it move you to tears? Or was it the lack of such a gift that moved you? If the gift symbolizes the warming up of an old relationship, as this one does, how will you take action in your own life to show that you appreciate the gift and the love that it represents? Should you have given the gift first? If you should have and have not, how will you select a symbol to say what you mean without saying it in words, if words are too painful? Words themselves are, of course, symbolic of something they are not, so it is surely true that "In the beginning was the Word." But words need not be in New Times Roman font, or any special language. Sometimes they come in the form of a ring, and in a torrent!
I am reminded of O. Henry's story, "The Gift of the Magi." If you have not read it, you can find it online for free. You will like it. It makes the points I have made here. I'm sure O. Henry's authorial artistry has changed many relationships for the better for more than a century, and illustrates how society is changed by archetype in action.
by: Skip Conover
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