Creative Prompt: If your mug had feelings

I decided it was time for a silly creative prompt, and this one won the vote on Instagram:
If your coffee mug had feelings… what would they be?

But, as in all things, there can be so much meaning found behind the silliness.

Silliness for its own sake is beautiful and holy. So if you want to just be silly with this prompt, please do! Consider this your full permission slip.

But if you're up for some gentle reflection, take a few moments with these wondering questions. And then, as always: take what you notice to God. That last step is the most important; it’s what invites us into deeper communion with Him.

Do you have a favorite mug you reach for each day? Why do you choose it?
How would your mug feel about being chosen—proud? familiar? a little overworked?

Does it ever get left behind?
How does it feel when it’s pushed to the back of the shelf or left with cold coffee at the bottom?

Take a moment to sit with your favorite mug.
What does it see when you wrap your hands around it in the morning?

What feelings are stirred up for you as you imagine this?

You might:

• Color your mug and draw a face on it to show what it might feel.

• Use this coloring page to label emotions you notice in yourself or imagine in the mug.

• Write a few sentences from the mug’s perspective.

• Journal about what choosing that mug says about what you need right now.

Wondering Questions:

• What would it feel like to be chosen for just who you are?

• What do the other items in your home see about your life? Can they tell what’s in your heart, what matters to you?

• What does this small ritual reveal about what your heart is holding?

Kid-Friendly Option:
Ask your child to choose their favorite cup, water bottle, or lunchbox. What would it say if it could talk? Is it excited to go to school? Tired of the same sandwich every day? Have them draw a comic or write a letter from their cup to them!