THE COMFORT OF THINGS

WE’RE OFTEN TOLD THAT ACCUMULATING ‘STUFF’ IS BAD FOR US. BUT OBJECTS CAN BE POWERFUL IN POSITIVE WAYS, TOO…

Words: LUCY PURDY

A small silver locket – shaped like a book and etched with beautiful, swirling patterns – is one of my favourite things. Given to me as a baby, I wore it to childhood birthday parties, as a gangly teenager and it remains the prized centrepiece of my jewellery collection. But it is more than a pretty lump of metal. The necklace makes me feel happy, comforted that the newborn me was thought worthy of something so precious. Fancifully, I also imagine it to be a magical hint that I would go on to write for a living. Most of us cherish a handful of things that hold particularly potent meaning. As Dr Esther Sternberg, an expert on neural-immune science and author of The Balance Within: The Science Connecting Health and Emotions…

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The Simple Things (Digital) - 1 Issue, September 2016 - Issue 51

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