Whenever I reorganize my things, I often find hidden treasures in some box or bag that I had stowed away. Things that I forgot I had–things that I thought I had lost.
For items to be hidden treasures, they don’t have to be expensive or luxurious. They’re often sentimental items such as old photographs from family gatherings, CDs that I used to listen to, drawings that I had sketched in my youth, and artwork that I had made in college.
Finding a hidden treasure often brings a surge of memories. What counts as a hidden treasure is different for all of us. It could be something as simple as a gift from someone we knew, or a wristwatch we used to wear, a book we used to read, or a toy from our youth. They may not mean much to anyone else, but they have great significance to us.
These hidden treasures remind us of how transient life is, and that the things that are important to us are not important because of their monetary value, but because of the memories we’ve attached to them.
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