Throw or Pick?
So today while my mom and I were getting the girls ready to go to the fair Emma wanted to show my mom how well she did knitting. I am so amazed at how easy it comes to her, the girl hasnt picked up her knitting in about 1 1/2 weeks and she just picks it up and starts knitting away. As I was watching her I realized that maybe it would be easier for her to pick instead of throw. So my mom and I decided to give it a try. It seems much easier to pick I think. So here starts the story…
So off to the fair we went. For 3 hours we walked around looking at everything and as we walked I realized that alot of people dont smile anymore. Everyone just looks so lost in there own little world or else they are stuck in someone else’s world…if that makes sense. All night it bothered me. You would think that there would be something to smile about at a fair. First off listening to little ones laugh…that right there makes me smile and the food…oh yes that makes me smile too..lol
So after the girls went to bed and everything was quiet I started thinking about if I should pick or throw with knitting. I decided to pick for a while and when I really thought about it, that is what I am in the process of doing with my life right now. I am throwing out the bad things and picking up the good things. Last week someone told me, “Do not take other people’s inventory”
After she said that I started to think about the little things we all pick up during the day. It might be something someone said to you or the way someone looked at you. Our minds hold on to these things for some reason. So my new goal is to THROW out all of the bad, the negative, the things that just sit in the back of your mind and I am now going to PICK up all of the wonderful things that I have been blessed with. So I made a list in my head…
1. I am going to THROW out the memory of 10th grade English class. My teacher told me I couldnt be a writer because I would starve, he even went as far as calling my mom and laughing at my dream. I am going to PICK up writing a pattern book. I might mail him a copy too..hehe
2. This one has a story behind it. A couple weeks ago we had a wonderful bunch of ladies come in our store. (Hi ladies) Now these are the type of ladies that you love to have in your store. Not because of the sales but because they are full of life and they are so fun to talk to. So anyways one of the ladies was checking out and my mom and I told her that we loved her hair and her clothes. She said “Thanks, my kids think I am a hippie” I think hippies are cool!! So I think about that and I think I am going to THROW out all the bad things I have heard over the years. All the things that have slowly changed me over time. Or I should say all the people who tried to change me or judged me for what I wore or how I looked and I am going to PICK up being me again. I WILL run around the house singing The Doors again and I will wear my “bright clothes”. I will be happy to be me again and one day I will be a hippie mama too!!!
3. I am going to THROW out all the people who act like my friend only to get what they want and then leave. Ok so I wont throw them out..lol but I will eliminate the toxic ones. I will PICK up the ones who were always right there and I just for some reason didnt see them. (HI MOM)
4. I am going to THROW out the fact that sometimes I get mad when Gracie decides she wants to wake up at 3am and play and I am so tired that I sit there half a sleep and rock her or feed her and think about how nice it must be for my husband to sleep the whole night. I am going to pick up loving that moment… one day she wont want to play with me anymore so I need to enjoy this young age before she is a “big girl”
5. My last one for the night…oh yes there might be more one late night. LOL I am going to THROW out all the people who laughed at me for knitting or owning a yarn shop..most of them my peers and some of them people who pretended to be my friend (some family too). And I am going to PICK up the fact that I love knitting, I love what I do. I love being with my mom and I love that I can maybe make a difference one day. I love that I am at home almost every night with my family and that I can teach Emma how to knit. I am not out partying, I am not out getting into trouble. I am home knitting. AND I LOVE IT!!
Ok so enough for now.. I was really on a kick and I am sorry for all the typos. It’s Midnight and my fingers and brain dont always work too well this late at nite. Isnt it amazing how just thinking about how your going to knit and bring up all these life issues..lol
August 20th, 2008 at 2:49 am
Inspiring post! I love the analogy to knitting. It seems like it would be a great knitting meditation mantra.
August 20th, 2008 at 1:10 pm
Keep up with this kind of pithy post and you are going to have a book, young lady. One that knitters everywhere will want to read.