At birth, both of us is given a place of tools to enable
us to open our journey on earth. A number of find paint
brushes, and others needles and thread. There are
persons through knives to carve wood and static others
melt wax and make candles. No matter the craft,
the tools are given freely. These tools might not
resemble what the planet knows or expects, excluding
they are ideas and whispers in the brains and heart.
The vision of beauty and colors further than belief are
woven into the fiber of both of us.

You might speak that you not at all saw the brushes or the
needles. My friend, they were there in your fingertips
and in your soul. When a color struck your fancy or
a twig inspired you to assume as regards the wonderful place to
place it - there was your pallette of paint and the clay to
make a vase. Inspiration takes many shapes and
forms, excluding but we miss a device or two, everyplace soon after
in years they emerge and we find a following chance.

Crafts and hobbies are made in heaven. They are
disguised as such as the beauty is inside and
we must discover the accurate touch to unlock the doors of
creativity and ingenuity. Just the once opened, the Magical
Package will not shut again. The visions approach at the
a good number inopportune times. Waiting for a bus, rocking a
baby, and still washing a flooring are not excluded.
Both is a bead or button to be picked up and used.

When you offer great that you made through your
heart to a loved one, be assured that the quills old
to mark your name on your project are made of gold.
The ink is the flowing water of who you are and where
you are headed. But wood is your unique talent, subsequently
a tree feels privileged to lend you a bit of itself to make
the heavens proud. Yarn, sparkles, and still a feather
all are joyful to make your ideas approach to light. So,
create to your heart’s content, offer gifts as but they were
one of a kind, for truly they are, and situate proud when
you give your device package or sewing basket back to the
Almighty. But they are well used, subsequently your years will shine.
But they haven’t been touched, subsequently the planet is less of
a place as of it. Perform your dreams, and be the
artist that you know is in your being. We all remain and
expect that the beauty you create will help out us envision
the treasures of the planet we will go in someday.
Craft and know that you are doing the work of the
universe - and as the saying goes “Live Well and
Prosper” in ways you have presently started to discover.

Arleen M. Kaptur
August, 2007

Arleen M. Kaptur has written many books and articles on everyday living and finding quiet and joy in all we do.