Good heavens! Time is flying by! My life got away from me for a while but I hope that I am catching up to it. This spring was a difficult one for me, full of worry, doubt and sadness, but summer is here now and things are growing and blooming. I plan to climb all of the mountains ahead of me and drink in the fresh air from the top.
Which brings me to my knitting. I have finished two whole projects! And they turned out beautifully! Well...the mittens are a little small, but hey, I'll give them away and the lucky recipient will think that I am just naturally very generous...ummm...and the sweater has too many buttons, but I feel it's a fashion statement, kind of like the way those scooters in England had too many mirrors in the '60s. So, not perfect but good enough.
I have been taking piano lessons this spring and I love it. It is very challenging but I find that I am learning much more than piano; I am learning truths about life that were always there but I never understood them, like the truth about practice: It takes practice to get good at something. I realized I am just starting out knitting and I must be kind to myself, and whatever amount of talent a person has will never add up to a lifetime of practice. I could probably count all of the projects I have completed on my fingers and so I don't have much practice finishing. I read a quote from Martha Graham once that said "Practice is a way of inviting the perfection desired," and I like to think of all of the time spent ripping and swearing as my invitation to perfection. Yes Perfection, come and visit me.
