Wednesday, 4 September 2013

Peaceful Hours



What do you do with your leisure time? The answer may be more important than you think. Hobbies can enrich your life in so many ways. They can elevate your mood, enhance your creativity and improve your focus. They can boost your social life. They can even help you perform better at your job. Some people watch birds, restore antique cars or collect stamps or coins. Others build models, play music or search for lost treasures with metal detectors. I enjoy making these daily quilt blocks. There’s a symmetry and rhythm to it that’s difficult to describe. It relaxes me. I just wish my friends understood the ability to piece a quilt isn’t the same thing as the skill necessary to alter or repair clothing. My husband loves fly fishing. He does catch-and-release, so we don’t get trout or catfish dinners. But he nearly always comes back with a better attitude than he left with.

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