Woke up around 5 something in the morning and started crocheting the owl key chains for one of my custom made orders.
As I was stacking those colorful and unfilled pieces up (the fun in making colorful projects) and looking at my other owl project, this scenario came to my mind:
Have you ever encountered people asking you a very simple question and yet you just have the toughest time or feeling too awkward to give them an answer?
At times, we tend to just blurt out questions with no consideration of the person’s feelings just because we wanted AN ANSWER to satisfy our curiosity at that very moment — and I am guilty of that.
Simple and seemingly harmless questions can and will transform into daggers when they are being thrown out at the incorrect moment and hit the bull eye of one’s heart.
Therefore, besides cracking our heads in trying to give people their answers, we may need to spare a few moments in our lives to develop the wisdom in asking a good, sometimes stupid but definitely not a question that would hurt.
Did I offer peace today?
Did I bring a smile to someone’s face?
Did I say words of healing?
Did I let go of my anger and resentment?
Did I forgive? Did I love?
These are the real questions.
I must trust that the little bit of love that I sow now will bear many fruits;
Here in this world and the life to come.
Henri Nouwen
This is just a short post inspired by my crocheting projects as I am still in the midst of getting my blogging mojo back.
If you lovely souls are interested to read more on owls and ‘asking questions’, here are the links for the posts which I’ve written in the past:
Thank you for reading this post and have a wonderful weekend ahead!
Till then,
Cheers & TTFN~ 😀
Symplestuff in Life 