- Tell your stitching friends about Reflections!
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- Embrace your Hobby
- In my opinion, a sense of pride in one’s
work is one of the most essential characteristics a person can
have. My reason for placing it at this echelon of importance is
simple: how we work and interact with the world can have profound
effects on most everyone around us. We have the power to make a
person’s day bright or not so bright. Case in point, just this
evening, my husband and I ventured to a local sub shop for dinner.
The employee who waited on us clearly didn’t take pride in her
work, much less pride in herself. After several disturbing minutes
of being humiliated by this employee, we left the place in such a
state of agitation that I couldn’t help but think just how much
influence we can have on others. This girl’s thoughtless actions
completely sabotaged the relaxing evening I had planned.
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- I’ll firmly admit that I let others affect
my mood much too easily. If someone is sad, I want to cry along
with her; if someone is ecstatic, I’m right by his side jumping to
the skies; and unfortunately, if someone is unpleasant to me, my
insides get all worked up until I can’t remember what it feels
like to smile. Okay, maybe that last one had a bit more drama than
was really necessary, but it, along with the others, illustrates
an important point: allowing others’ actions control our moods is
not always fun.
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- My point in casting light on this is mostly
for self-preservation (and by the way, just writing this out has
helped me to feel better than I did when I typed ‘Dear Readers’).
I find that when I grant someone the power to destroy a good mood
of mine, usually what gets me back to my original peaceful state
is doing something for myself—something that makes me happy,
something that no one but me has control over. And for me that is
most often times writing. And tonight, it just happens to be my
letter to you.
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- What helps you escape the wraths of someone
else’s ill actions and brings you back to a preferable state of
elation and reflection? Is it back-stitching your almost complete
needlepoint design? Or maybe creating a punch needle piece of art?
Or perhaps weaving a splash of color onto a blank canvas? Whatever
it is, be comforted in knowing that it is there for you when you
need it most.
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- If I can indulge in presenting a somewhat
theatrical metaphor: our hobbies are true companions that never
let us down. They are always right there waiting to pick us up and
put a smile back on our faces, helping us to forget that which
troubles us.
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- So I say the next time someone else’s
actions alter your mood in an unpleasant way, embrace the hobby
that makes you most happy. Tonight, that was writing for me.
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- Ah, I feel much better now! (smile)
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Susan Davis of Aunt Susie’s House has
designed for us a beautiful punch needle heart,
He Loves Me, He Loves Me Knot to be by our
side on those days and nights when we could use a little emotional
lift. Turn it into a locket or dress up in a picture frame!
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- Enjoy!
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- Dennise
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