"A 10 minute vacation for the soul."
“Whatever your present situation in life, whatever you are called to do, wherever you are called to go, enjoy the journey. Don’t waste one day of the precious life God has given you.”— Joyce Meyer from Enjoying Where You Are On The Way to Where You Are Going
“A time comes when you need to stop waiting for the man you want to become and start being the man you want to be.” -Bruce Springsteen
“Let us not pay too much attention to the headlines of the newspapers which so frequently proclaim disaster, but let us listen instead to those men and women who sow peace in small ways, with little moments of forgiveness each day.” — Jean Vanier, from Letter of Jean Vanier – December 2012 http://jv.asso-jean-vanier.org/f/nf49jv
Think you can’t bake gluten free from scratch? You may actually be doing it without realizing. That gluten free mix you are using may be nothing more than a gluten free flour blend. If you are following the directions on the package and adding ingredients such as eggs, milk, oil and baking powder check the ingredients. If all you are buying is flour and a recipe you may want to consider buying a good gluten free flour blend (or making your own), saving a little money and trying a few new recipes. See, baking gluten free from scratch isn’t hard. You may be already doing it.
Click here for more of my gluten free baking tips and a muffin recipe.
“Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.” — Dr. Seuss
I was sure I remembered posting about this quilt as I was getting ready to begin quilting it. I even remembered one of my regular followers leaving a comment. But it must have all been in my imagination, because for the life of me I can’t find it. If someone runs across it please let me know so I will know I’m not really losing my mind.
This quilt is made from hankies that belonged to two of my grandmas. If you want the whole story, plus information on making a memory quilt and more photos of a few of mine you will need to read Making Memorable Memory Quilts.
But I will share a few more photos here that I did not share on the longer article.
Like this close up of a hanky belonging to my Grandma Edith:
And this close up of the border quilting and prairie point finish.
“He has drawn back, only in order to have enough room for his leap.” -Friedrich Nietzsche
“The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret to getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks and then starting on the first one.” -Mark Twain
We all want to be givers, doing random acts of kindness and paying it forward but being on the receiving end often makes us uncomfortable. What is your reaction to an unexpected kindness or gift?
After a string of rejections I looked at how I react to being a receiver. Words like you shouldn’t have, I don’t know what to say, I didn’t get you anything were coming out of my mouth. Now when I stumble over receiving I tell myself just say thank you. I tell recipients who protest, I want to do this for you. Just say thank you.
Why is our reaction to kindness from others important? Each experience of being rejected for doing good makes continuing more difficult until people may stop trying.
This world needs more kindness. Think about how you react to acts of kindness from others. Thank you is always good. Hugs optional.
To be honest, when Bob lost his job before he was planning to retire I was not happy. But now I am glad he decided to accept what happened and not fight a wrongful termination. I can see we were really given a gift. The gift of time. Time to sit and talk to each other. Time to work together. Time to go to the movies on a weekday. Time to go for long walks and wait for good photo opportunities — like todays photo taken in the aftermath of a planned burn in a nature park. So this week I am celebrating time.
There is a weekly Blog Hop at Scribblings of an Aspiring Writer called Celebrate the Small Things. I like the idea, so on Fridays I will write a blog post about one small thing worth celebrating during the week.
What small things are you celebrating?
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