Your Museum

At an event, they passed around cards with conversation starter questions on them. My group received one that asked, “if there was a museum about your life, what would be displayed in it?”

There were two responses I loved.

One woman said she would have every book she’s ever read displayed chronologically along with explanations of where she was at in her life at that time and how the book shaped her intellectually.

One guy said he would have flags from every country he’s visited and lived in to show how each place has shaped who he became.

I think a hybrid of these two responses would make for a beautiful museum display. Books and international travel have certainly been the largest shaping forces in my life.