The Meaning of French Fries - ACIM Lesson #2

Todays lesson is brought to you by In-N-Out Burger

I was wicked hungry after work today and decided to use one of the certificates i manifested (full details in this weekends blog post) earlier today at work. No strange looks and no one trying to rush me out even though it was the hight of lunch hour. Plus i figured i could use the change of scenery.

Todays exercise was glancing at objects around us (near and further away) and repeating to ourselves "I have given _______ the meaning that it has for me."

Maybe it was the change of scenery and the fact that i was around people and things that did not have as much meaning to me (because it's not my apartment) but i didn't really feel challenged by this lesson and that itself worried me. I remember last time going through the course and having all sorts of breakdowns and "WTF is this book trying to do to me" thoughts. Granted we are still really early in the lessons but it made me feel uneasy.

Some things did click with with me though. Take King Kero (my stuffed bear who offered his hugging services in yesterdays post) for example. Before i bought him (off of ebay) he was just a big stuffed gloomy bear. Nothing uber special, and there many like him made. Once he became mine though it was my actions (and my current boyfriend partially) that made him special and gave him meaning. I bought him because i needed something to snuggle while my (now ex) boyfriend was deployed. Kero gave me that sense of comfort that i wanted and thats part of the reason he became so special to me. (One of these weekends i'll give you guys the full low down on the whole gloomy bear story).

Seriously, the beginning of MLB postseason is not helping my concentration while
working through these lessons at all! Then again, I am the one that has given the
meaning to the post season that it has for me. It comes full circle.

Things are just things, and people are just people until you deem that they mean something to you. The concept seems so simple, which is why i feel like i might be missing something entirely.

What do you guys think?