DiamondJul’s Blog

On the Abe card I pulled from the deck this morning it said,

“The basis of your life is freedom;
The purpose of your life is joy.
You are free to choose new avenues for joy…”

My immediate thoughts were around a “re-discovery” for me recently, and my inner response to Abe was,

“And sometimes the “new avenue” can be a return to old joy.”

I’ve told this story to more than 3 people so it is time to share it here.

When I adopted the Law of Attraction into my family of beliefs, it caused me to often question “why” I do or think things! I have found that if I ask the question in a serving way the answer is not long to follow…after some time I began to see just how much of everything I do is for “unconscious” reasons…or most importantly, for the approval of someone else.

The past year has been about interpreting my inner guidance, learning how it is “speaking” to me and acknowledging it as “true”.

I find that the better I get at manifesting my reality, the trickier the game gets…I trust that everything expands and with serving focus will continue to get better and better, and as good as I often think I’m getting, I am always aware of the infinite nature of my journey!

The above is a complicated way of saying,

“Sometimes the Universe still needs to bonk me on the head once in a while to have me pay attention.”

And it did a few weeks ago…quite literally.

I will divert to some history for context…

About 18 years ago, prior to the birth of my son, my passion with computers, my climb up the corporate ladder, and the building of business…I loved to knit!!

I grew up in the company of some very creative Aunties and Great Aunties that took the time with me to teach me their crafty skills!

I started off with a ball of wool and a crochet hook at a very young age. I was the perpetual “kid with a project”, I always had more than 1 on the go and tried many different types of crafting to create useful and beautiful things!

My favorite of all activities emerged as knitting, and my friends and family looked forward to the fruits of my labor on birthdays and at Christmas.

I consciously “put it away” at a decision point, and prioritized my focus on my career and raising the boy. Over the years of house-moves and life-style changes I kept my knitting tools and patterns and declared there would come a day when I would have more time for it again.

My family has inquired over the years, “Are you ever going to take up knitting again?” They still wear – and get compliments on – the sweaters I made them almost 20 years ago!

I also saved my knitting bag and in it was a sweater pattern and some beautiful hand-spun sheep’s wool I picked up in my country travels as a Telco technician at least 10 years ago…one day I’d sit down and knit again.

In my travels the past couple of years knitting has come up in conversation more than once…I was meeting Corporate women that also loved to knit for relaxation and time-out. Still I wondered how they afforded the time…

I picked it up for a short time after I left corporate the end of 2004 and it fizzled out…and at that time my focus was on doing a lot more of other things I had been dying to do once I left my job!!

So fast forward to this past fall (2006)…

I am nicely tucked into my bubble in new space after having released 20 years of home-ownership and all the responsibilities attached to it…business is great, I am undistracted and “re-prioritizing” how I spend my time with more of it available to me…I’m more efficient and more focused so more is getting done in less time…and seemingly with less effort!

I had had the thought more than once since mid-October that I should pick up my knitting again…the thought dropped in, it came and went without any action on my part…

Shortly after New Year’s Eve just a few weeks ago, I was into my closet to do something and the knitting bag slid off the top shelf onto my head!!

I immediately stopped, laughed and said outloud to “The Universe”, “OK! OK! I’ll get started on it today!” Then I tossed the bag on the bed and pulled out the box with my tools in it. Soon after I was at it again…

So where did the resistance come from around “just frickin’ doin’ it” when my inner guidance brought up my desire to knit?

Why did I dismiss the thought each time it came up?

Well the list of reasons is long, most of them for the sake of “others”. I have friends currently that have a hard time picturing ME knitting. I figured out why I love it so much after sitting down again to “do” some knitting for some time…

Once I got back into the swing of it something happened…all of a sudden I realized I was in the same kind of space as I experience when I meditate!! Meditation wasn’t really a part of my awareness when I used to knit years ago. I was instantly reminded of the “feeling place” of why I was so drawn to it! It seems it is a missing piece to my overall creative process! In short, it’s opened up some stuck passages for me!

There’s just something about busy hands in a quiet space that causes all kinds of clarity, focus and inspirations to come up!

I am reminded of all the joyful hours as a kid totally engrossed in something fun, easy and productive.

I have also discovered this the perfect space to get caught up on all the learning audios and books I want to listen to! Having busy hands accentuates my learning absorption and retention…the hands keep my mind busy and out of my way. If I get stuck or have lost inspiration with my writing or my work, I just go knit for a few minutes and put the question out to the Universe, the answer finds it’s way to me once I’m in that “receiving” space.

Something else I know for sure…when I live by “inspired action” and I “go with the flow” of life, timing is always perfect! Having my knitting back is exactly what I needed for oh so many reasons and although it took being hit over the head…I got it and that’s what matters…

So I think I’ll continue…the family will be happy come Christmas…I’m already on the 4th sweater since the beginning of January!

My new avenue of joy was on the shelf the whole time…and the Universe is whispering, “Told ya’…”

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