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Needlework
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Pity moment, blah! Let’s turn it around! We do not even need to go into the story of it. We acknowledge this moment and release it. We love and accept and forgive ourselves. And we acknowledge that this is a tiny stitch, a brief pinprick in the needlepoints we are creating of our lives. And we also acknowledge that this lifetime of ours is but a tiny little stitch in the ever-expanding, infinite needlepoint of the Universe. Self-pity is not a reason good enough for us to be out of alignment with
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― Living Peace: Essential Teachings For Enriching Life
― Living Peace: Essential Teachings For Enriching Life
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Needlework is a retreat from the white noise of everyday life. It is also, crucially, a choice rather than the social requirement it was for women in the 18th and 19th centuries...It is not something we do because we don't have better things to do with our time, but because we find it a creative, mindful and stimulating activity that lets our minds wander as our fingers track over what we're working on.
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― Jane Austen Embroidery: Regency Patterns Reimagined for Modern Stitchers
― Jane Austen Embroidery: Regency Patterns Reimagined for Modern Stitchers
