"The hardest times have been when it looks as though nothing is happening, or, worse, when it looks as though something is definitely wrong in my life. “It’s not working,” I say to myself. Then I remember the scrap pile filled with odd pieces of material of those early quilters. Nothing was wasted. Out came those glorious quilts. I have to keep reminding myself that nothing I am doing is wasted time. I may not understand or like what is happening, but I can begin to appreciate that the impasse is another marker on the way. It took me a very long time to discover that I didn’t need reasons for doing what I did. I don’t have to explain, or convince, or come up with answers for what happened. I went on this journey because I had to. Learning to follow your heart is reason enough."
~Sue Bender
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~Sue Bender
More at http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/PROFILE-Sue-Bender-Journeys-of-the-spirit-2880524.php
Quilt by unidentified Amish quitmaker(s) 1925
This is the content of my heart
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