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Five Things That Have Fueled My Creativity This Week

#1 My Family

My gratitude for my nearest and dearest is immeasurable. I don’t mean my parents (they’re dead) or my sister (we’re estranged). I mean the loved ones in my home, in my circle, in my community, in my orbit. Old Goat and the hounds. My “nephew” and his mom. My kiddos from Rugby or West or CHS. My favorite knitty committee in my little mountain city. Distant relatives and one-time neighbors on Facebook. The network of baristas and cashiers that keep me fed, fueled, clothed, and comfortable.

Whether you know it or not, you inspire me--sometimes directly with an idea or a question, often incidentally through engaging conversation. Thank you.

#2 Mentors

No matter how much knowledge or experience I gain, there is always room for input from masters. If not for people more in the know, further along in their journeys, and overall deeper in the proverbial shit, I wouldn’t know where to turn when the path splits and then forks before fracturing and splintering and turning to an expanse of dirt.

Mentors believe in us. They challenge us. They show us what we cannot see on our own both in front of and within us with their examples and words.

#3 The Ability to Adapt

If not for the seemingly endless adaptability of the human mind and body, I would not have been able to knit since my finger injury two weeks ago. As it turns out, my new knitting technique--developed with the purpose of protecting my left middle finger--now enables me to flip everyone the bird as I knit.

#4 Choices

I’ve been backed into corners before--crummy jobs, lousy relationships, etc.--so I know that the first thing I have to do when I feel trapped is consider my options. An escape plan. A way out.

Time and time again, I’ve had to learn that when it feels like there are no options at all, that’s when the options are actually most abundant. In truly desperate times, every possible measure is on the table.

#5 Humility

When I make a mistake, when things don’t work out, when life goes awry, when a promise gets broken, when I let people down, what’s more disarming than a true, genuine apology? To humbly accept responsibility and blame for a blunder is to free oneself from its burden. The past cannot be changed. The future is still uncertain. All I can offer in the present is my sincerest "I’m sorry.”

I am sincerely sorry, fiber friends. The Stitch Happens blog will be on hiatus henceforth.

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