If you have been reading my blog (no obligation) you might see that I have started many projects. Specifically, needlework projects. When I hit a rough time in life, I start a new project. It gives me the same sensation as falling in love.
An aunt whom I dearly love has said that people don't fall in love, they fall in horse crap, just don't know the difference.
In my particular attitude I probably have fallen in love with a project so many times I could start my own stable.
As it's the case, later in my stitching time, I learned to stick to one project to completion. Currently, Gift of Peace by Marilyn Leavitt Imblum of Lavender & Lace Designs. I started this design so long ago, truly, I don't remember when. It was misplaced.
I love it so much. Though I hadn't finished the first one, I started it again. This time around I finished it, sent it off to a professional framers to celebrate my win. While going through possessions, I found it. The first one. This time around, I'm sticking to this one project until completion.
It's easier to be faithful in a relationship than it is for me to stick to one project at a time. So far, I'm sticking to it. The different shades of red, the similar shades of white & ecru. It was a bit monotonous as relationships can often become. It became a bit boring. Still, I am sticking with it.
Why?
Because I want to complete this. Want to finish what I started.
In this dishonorable, in this disposable world?
Methinks it is.
There is a phrase that comes to mind.
"Why is it that when half begun creative joys diminish. It's more exciting to begin again than it ever is to finish."
That's saying it all, that's the belief, anyway.
It's a saying, a belief that it's necessary for me to detach from.
The projects that I have started, I intend to finish. As I'm still young enough to finish these, one by one, then I can enjoy seeing them on the wall or wherever they are placed.
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