patience in anger :: peace and deep breaths
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The older I get, the more and more I realize how true .....and ultimately peaceful this concept is. When I am really riled up, I can tend to be a hot head and I definitely speak my mind! What is in my mind ....should not always come out immediately though.
As I deal with frustrating situations with my children or spouse, weird people, unfairness, irresponsibility on my part as well as others, loss, change....or whatever it is....I am learning that it is totally ok to say "I need a moment" or "I need to go work for a bit until this anger subsides".
If I compare the two instances side by side, I always regret the heat of the moment things that are said.....but when I have taken time to step back, think, pray, and try to understand the situation it always ends in a completely different way.....and in a way that I am much more peaceful about.
Take that moment.
xo,
Barb
hope over fear
There are times in life where fear can make us feel desperate and hopeless. We grasp for control, which we think is security and freedom, only to find that it brings a cage of bondage and despair.Hope is a powerful thing, and wills the mind to overcome adversity. When you talk to your soul, what are you telling yourself? Are the thoughts of fear, inability and insecurity winning? Or, are you propelling yourself forward with thoughts of courage and hope?Turn fears and disappointments into opportunity for good....and set your mind on this: hope over fear.xo,Barb
knack life :: slow & steady
1// a peek in the windows at our newest display 2// gold leafing the latest FrogTape project 3// a teaser of a styled shoot 4// The Fussells came for a visit, and to shoot a special project of theirs 5// 11 Lois Ave :)How strange it is when one year turns into another. A years end is loud, bright, fast - the holidays, the gatherings, one day melting into another until you can't even remember what day it is. And then, stillness. A new year brings with it a sense of calm, a slowing. It's no different for us here at Knack.2014 ended in a flurry. We are so grateful for a year so full of projects, joy, change, and challenges. What a year it was. In 2015, we will build on the bricks of last year, creating and hustling and stepping back to enjoy the fruits of our labor along the way. We are so excited for the things to come in this new year.
peace :: priorities
If I have seen and learned this once...I have seen and learned it a million times. The constant fight to keep what is real, pure, everlasting, and significant before and above the superficial, fake, dust to ashes, status quo.Culture tells us to rage, primp, plump, add, take away, live for the moment, fit in, stand for nothing, fall for everything....and I for one will fight against all of that until the day I die.Give me peace like a river that floods my soul..... any day.{image via pinterest here}xo,Barb
I totally get this :: Jimmie Martin
When it comes to furniture design, I am super picky about looking to others work and drawing attention to their designs. I want to call attention to, and put my stamp of approval on originality and uniqueness...someone who is pushing the envelope of design and doing something that is truly their own.I have admired Jimmie Martin's furniture for quite some time and am all about it.....all over it.....totally diggin' it.Hallelujah for this kind of work and creative independence.
