Writing my way through the A-to-Z blogging challenge, I’ve tasked myself with exploring the concepts of pronoia (the belief that the universe is conspiring to shower us with blessings), quiety (serenity) and peace – all through the lens of unusual, obscure, or simply delightful-to-me words.
G is for… githerments. A random assortment of unmatching things.
I suppose many people have a junk drawer, and that might be a perfect example of githerments. But if you’re more like me, an eclectic gatherer of odd things that delight, you might just as easily be able to pull together a gathering of githerments within arm’s reach.
But today I’m thinking of githerments in a wider sense. What if embraced the idea that our entire collective of humanity fell under the heading of githerments?
I’ve been ponderirng something Margaret Mead said:
“If we are to achieve a richer culture, rich in contrasting values, we must recognize the whole gamut of human potentials, and so weave a less arbitrary social fabric, one in which each diverse human gift will find a fitting place.”
This, to me, is such a powerful understanding, and such a shining example of a pragrmatic interpretaton of what unity consciousness is about. It is my belief that true enlightenment is when we step out of separation consciousness into unity consciousness. And that is not hoping to homogenize ourselves into cookie-cutter sameness. Hardly. It’s celebrating diversity; it’s allowing authentic self-expression; it’s realizing that wholeness is reflected by folding in all the pieces; it’s understanding that the core spark within all of us, within everything, is the same and that we are simply transmitting it differently – having chosen particular facets to shine through in our embodied experience.
Don’t you want to live in a world where as Mead advocates, there is room for every human gift to find a fitting place?
But returning to the more traditional definition of githerments…I recently participated in a online group where we each put together a “junk journal.” I’m a great gatherer of ephemera and had a wonderful time simply binding together bits of paper and image, cards, whatever – a gathering of githerments. Here’s a peek at one of the spreads.
It just so happens that today, April 8, is “Draw a Bird Day.” You can read more about it here. But now you know why one the githerments here today is a bird. The peace dove print is from a linoleum block I carved, so it definitely qualifies as a bird I’ve drawn.
What “G” word is inspiring you today? If you leave it in the comments, we’ll no doubt have a perfect example of githerments.
In answer to your question: My “G” word of the day is garden, wherein you’ll find a githerment of flowers, bushes, shrubs, and trees. Very random I tell you. Great word of the day!
A garden is a wonderful collection indeed. I’ve recently been in another state and enjoyed noticing the different birds and bugs visiting the different plants and trees. Quite delightful.
Love your junk journal! I am still working on mine, the A to Z started taking over. Favorite G word? Glorious. Have a glorious Saturday!
Janet
G is for Genesis
April rushes in with all its Spring energy and suddenly lots of things are vying for our attention aren’t they? Glorious is a fabulous word – a perfect G selection. Hope you had a glorious Saturday as well.
We recently (this past week) moved into a new home and as I’ve been unpacking, I’ve set aside some things that didn’t belong in a particular place, but were special to me that I couldn’t throw away…odds and ends…githerments! Perfect word, and so glad I know what to call my special collection now! I really like your wider interpretation on a societal level as well. Hope you are enjoying the A-Z
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Gail Park
Making Life an Art
I love that Gail – githerments is perfect for your situation. Wishing you lots of ease and grace as you continue to settle in your place.
I’m certainly enjoying the A-to-Z, and hope you are as well.
I think my china is mostly githerment. My word for G is Glass among a few others.
Nilanjana
Madly-in-Verse
How wonderful Nilanjana – I love mis-matched china.
Hi Deborah – Githerments is a good word for a motley collection of what one wants to collect motley-wise or any old hows! My G word is Glorious sun … Great View … Good day … cheers to you – Hilary … and of course:
http://positiveletters.blogspot.co.uk/2017/04/g-is-for-goose-gobbling-or-otherwise.html
Great G words Hilary – no trace of gobbledygook anywhere.
My “g” word for today is Great. Great post!
Thanks Ann – and wishing you a great day.
Githerments is kind of the premise behind my approach to kitchen crockery. I didn’t want to have matching sets of things so that if one got broken the set was ruined, so I have a collection of random, unmatched plates which make me happy.
My G word for the challenge is ‘Grading’, which also brought me joy as my embryos from my last round of IVF treatment made the grade.
Oh, and G is for Galaxy Golden Eggs, an amazing new chocolate mini egg treat I’ve discovered this week! 😉
Cait @ Click’s Clan
I think being happy is the best approach to everything – including one’s kitchen crockery. Although I’ve never heard of Galaxy Golden Eggs, I have a suspicion I’d find them gloriously great. I may need to do some hunting.
I like this word. It describes my sock drawer at times. LOL!
LOL. Hmm, I think we be sharing the same drawer.
The world would be rather boring if we were all the same. The collection of cards is beautiful, as is the carving of the dove. Amazing. 🙂
Thanks Sara. Yay for diversity, and githerments.