“ Sorrow prepares you for joy. It violently sweeps everything out of your house, so that new joy can find space to enter. It shakes the yellow leaves from the bough of your heart, so that fresh, green leaves can grow in their place. It pulls up the rotten roots, so that new roots hidden beneath have room to grow. Whatever sorrow shakes from your heart, far better things will take their place. ” ― Rumi
There's a pattern to these crimes...Idle hands are the devil's workshop, which is why it's best to keep them busy with everything from knitting, candlemaking, and papermaking to wreathmaking, basketry, and gourd decorating. For some, skill, patience, and
