FELT ORNAMENT BIRDS TO MAKE

ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE AND A CAT.

 

A LESSON WE COULD ALL LEARN FROM.

 

She Tells Her Grandma That She’s Just Been CHEATED On, So Grandma Tells Her To Do THIS.

This woman was just cheated on by her husband of 5 years. She was having a real tough time accepting what was happening so much so, that she just wanted to give up in every aspect of her life. She was tired of fighting and of struggling, she had no motivation to get up out of bed in the morning. Her life was a disaster.

One day she went to visit her grandmother to seek comfort.

Her grandmother was a clever and thoughtful woman. She filled three pots with water and placed each of them on high fire. In no time at all the pots all came to boil. In the first she placed carrots, in the second she placed eggs, and in the last she placed ground coffee beans.

Without saying a word, she watched them sit and boil.

After around 20 minutes she finally turned off the burners. She fished the carrots and the eggs out of the pan and placed them in a bowl next to the coffee.

Turning to her granddaughter, she asked, ‘Tell me what you see.’

‘Carrots, eggs, and coffee,’ she replied.

Her grandmother then asked her to feel the carrots . She did and the young woman noticed that they were soft. The grandmother asked the woman to take the egg and break it. After peeling off the shell, she observed the hard boiled egg.

Finally the grandmother told her to take a sip of the coffee. The young woman loved coffee, and she smiled as she tasted its rich aroma.

She paused for a moment and then asked ‘What does it mean, grandmother?’

Her grandmother then went on to explain how each of these objects had faced adversity: boiling  water. She then explained how each of the different objects had reacted differently, in their own ways. Before the adversity the carrot was strong, hard, and unrelenting, but was now soft and weak as a result. The egg was once fragile. It’s shell was the only thing that protected its liquid interior, but after sitting through the boiled water, its insides became hardened.

Last but definitely not least, she pointed out how the coffee beans were unique. After being added to the boiling water, they had not only changed themselves, but they had also changed the water they were in.

The grandmother then asked “Which are you?”

“When adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?”

Are you the carrot that seems strong, but with pain and adversity you wilt and become soft, loosing your strength.

Are you the egg, with soft gooey insides until it changes under the heat? Are you a fluid spirit that solidify at the first sign of hardship.

Or are you in fact the coffee bean? The bean not only develops in to something else, but it changes the hot water, the very circumstance that brings the pain. When the water gets hot, the coffee releases its full fragrance and flavor. When things are at their worst, the coffee gets better, and changes the situation around it.

When things are tough, and I mean really tough, do you elevate yourself to another level?

How do you handle adversity? Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?

We are here to tell you that the happiest people don’t necessarily have the best of everything, they just make the best of everything.

May we all be like the COFFEE.

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GET CRAFTY - “You can’t buy happiness, but you can buy fabric, and that’s pretty close.” – Unknown

 

BEAUTIFUL ELEGANT DRESSING - You can have anything you want in life if you dress for it.

 

ARTFUL EMBROIDERY - Take your needle, my child, and work at your pattern; it will come out a rose by and by. Life is like that - one stitch at a time taken patiently and the pattern will come out all right like the embroidery. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

 Inspirations Magazine

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FUNNY JOKES

 

• "It's inappropriate to make a 'dad joke' if you're not a dad. It's a faux pa."
• "Did you hear about the circus fire? It was in tents."
• "Can February March? No, but April May!"
• "How do lawyers say goodbye? We'll be suing ya!"
• "Wanna hear a joke about paper? Never mind—it's tearable."
• "What's the best way to watch a fly fishing tournament? Live stream."
• "Spring is here! I got so excited I wet my plants."
• "I could tell a joke about pizza, but it's a little cheesy."
• "Don't trust atoms. They make up everything!"
• "When does a joke become a dad joke? When it becomes apparent."
• "I wouldn't buy anything with velcro. It's a total rip-off."
• "What’s an astronaut’s favorite part of a computer? The space bar."
• "I don't play soccer because I enjoy the sport. I'm just doing it for kicks!"
• "Why are elevator jokes so classic and good? They work on many levels."
• "Why do bees have sticky hair? Because they use a honeycomb."
• "What do you call a fake noodle? An impasta."
• "Which state has the most streets? Rhode Island."
• "What did the coffee report to the police? A mugging."
• "What did the fish say when he hit the wall? Dam."
• "Is this pool safe for diving? It deep ends."
• "I'm on a seafood diet. I see food and I eat it."
• "Why did the scarecrow win an award? Because he was outstanding in his field."
• "I made a pencil with two erasers. It was pointless."
• "How do you make a Kleenex dance? Put a little boogie in it!"
• "I'm reading a book about anti-gravity. It's impossible to put down!"
• "Did you hear about the guy who invented the knock-knock joke? He won the 'no-bell' prize."
• "I've got a great joke about construction, but I'm still working on it."
• "I used to hate facial hair...but then it grew on me."
• "I decided to sell my vacuum cleaner—it was just gathering dust!"
• "I had a neck brace fitted years ago and I've never looked back since."
• "You know, people say they pick their nose, but I feel like I was just born with mine."
• "What's brown and sticky? A stick."
• "Why can't you hear a psychiatrist using the bathroom? Because the 'P' is silent."
• "What do you call an elephant that doesn't matter? An irrelephant."
• "What do you get from a pampered cow? Spoiled milk."
• "I like telling Dad jokes. Sometimes he laughs!"
• "Did I tell you the time I fell in love during a backflip? I was heels over head!"
• "If a child refuses to sleep during nap time, are they guilty of resisting a rest?"
• "I ordered a chicken and an egg online. I’ll let you know."

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