One important thing you might learn while traveling with a quilter is that two lane roads are not required, neither is pavement, when you are on the hunt for a quilting treasure.
I recently learned this while traveling with a quilter through North Carolina.
E.A. Fussell
11/20/2018
Morning fog moves like smoke on the water. The sun hasn’t crested the tree tops yet. The cool air nips at my finger tips as I try to capture a glimpse of this beauty for you. A scene that causes me to review the life path I am on and the footprint I intend to leave.
E.A. Fussell
11/19/2018
Study everything
Let it be your teacher
How a mountain steam flows
Sometimes gently, quietly
Sometimes rushing, boldly
How wild flowers grow
Sometimes in clusters
Sometimes alone
In the most unexpected places
How the wind blows
As a cool gentle breeze
As a furious hot hurricane
How the sun shines
Without fail
Even when the clouds cover it
Study everything
Let it be your teacher
E.A. Fussell
11/18/2018
The past went that way…
When a new situation in business
Or a new personal relationship
Faces us
On the heels of disappointing ones
We often look into
The rear view mirror of our mind
To glimpse our most recent past
Trying to see where we went wrong
Trying to avoid making
The same mistakes over again
We watch backwards into the future
Creating a distorted vision
Of what might be
Creating unnecessary speed bumps
On the road to success
Note to self:
Keep your eyes forward
Keep your mind open
Keep your passport updated
Keep your heart free
E.A. Fussell
11/11/2018
“It’s okay to be different”
We all are in some way
When I was very young
I tried to conform
But when I became a teenager
I took a different path
And each decade
Since the
My thought path grows
And the distance between
Conforming and being different
Grows
E.A.Fussell
11/09/2018
A few years back
Life whispered in my ear
Go live on a boat
I hesitated
Life took the boat away
Now I stand here
Looking at this beauty
Wondering where I might be
Had I listened
Took a chance
Rode the wind and waves
Instead of staying safely
Planted ashore
On the side considered lee
E.A. Fussell
11/08/2018
Failure
Is just feedback
On the path
To ultimate success
Learn from it
Let it go
And keep moving
Forward
E.A.Fussell
11/8/2018
Traveling home
For a long
Holiday weekend
I feel like
A caged bird
Set free
Why do I
Let myself
Get sidetracked
And blindfolded
Only seeing
The next task
Letting my strings
Get pulled by clients
Drowning in
Emails, texts, phone calls
Work, work, work
The world drinks
It in
Without question
By now I should have
Learned my lesson
Taking time to unwind
Travel expands my mind
Family, friends
Fill my heart
New surroundings
Generate new ideas
And as a result
Higher efficiency
Better productivity
Increased profit
So why do I
Let myself
Get sidetracked
And blindfolded
Only seeing
The next task
It’s time
Escaping the glass
Going on a work fast
Catching my breath
Removing the blindfold
Traveling home
I feel like
A caged bird
Set free
E.A. Fussell
08/30/2018
Whenever I get discouraged
With myself
I think about God’s truth
And remember
He’s still working on me
I am just unfinished
E.A. Fussell
08/25/2018
I received an invitation
To let go
Of disappointment
Of discouragement
Of the past
An invitation
To live in this moment
Without regret
Without expectation
Without overthinking
An invitation
To just be who I am
It is such an inviting invitation
To let go
To live
To just be
Me
E.A. Fussell
08/25/2018
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