Everything happens for a reason
July 30, 2008
Photo by Leonard Cillo
I strongly believe that everything happens for a reason. Even when I don’t really know what that reason is or understand why it happened.
Last night while attempting to sew the bag lining for the very special bag that I mentioned yesterday, I found that my 7 month old sewing machine was broken. So, I couldn’t sew a stitch.
I asked my husband to try and see what the problem was, but we ended having a huge fight and my sewing machine is still broken.
Everything is connected in some way and for the life of me, I couldn’t seem to think why or how my broken sewing machine is connected and what it means.
I seemed to blame everyone except myself for the broken machine, why do we do that.
After reading an article on the subject, I now understand a little better.
Everything that happens is either a gift, a lesson or an opportunity.
As I began to dig deeper I realise that this could have happened for several reasons:
- This time while I wait for my sewing machine to be serviced and fixed I could take the time to think and plan my bag design (instead of just rushing to get it finished).
- I could use this as an opportunity to improve my hand sewing – something I am not very good at…
- I have learnt that I can’t expect my husband to be a ‘jack-of-all-trades’, and expect him to be able to fix anything.
I’m not yet sure which one of these, if any, is the real reason for this misfortune. But I am sure that it will come to light soon.
I really did want to show you the completed bag today, but alas, it is just not meant to be…
Entry Filed under: crafts. Tags: bag design, bag lining, everything happens for a reason, gift, hand sewing, lesson, opportunity, sew, sewing machine.






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