Have you ever had one of those days that you just have to create something?
I just finished my last chemo treatment and typically I would conk out on the couch the day after, but not today! I just had to make things, so first I baked a bread and then I started this little quilt. 

Where did this urge to create come from? Or even the energy to do it? My way of thanking the Creator for being able to finish this hellish journey of cancer? 

Whatever and why ever I just needed to do it. Just like our Creator one day said: "let's create us something spectacular!" and here we are, living in this amazing world. So today I will rest with a heart filled with gratitude and bask in the beauty of fabric and fresh baked baked. Life is good!

Recently I visited a wool mill and was struck by the creative inventions of their machinery. They buy different qualities of wool from Western farmers and they process it in their little factory. We watched sheepskin transforming into yarn and fleece blankets. They also had a little shop where they sold yarns and knitted products. Here is where I picked up a kit to make my own dryer balls. I had to do some googling first but discovered that they are quite easy to make. 
This is the process of needle felting: you poke a sharp needle continually into a ball of wool, until you reach the right firmness. As usual, while poking the wool with a sharp needle, my mind turned to a different plane and I started to wonder about poking out all my bad feelings and frustration. It was actually quite therapeutic and as I kept poking, my mind turned from frustration to prayer for those who are hurting and I thought "hmm, there is something going on here".

- Are there things in your life that you need to "poke", maybe frustrations in your own life or frustration with our world?

The second step in the felting process is adding colour and shapes to the ball and from furious poking you turn to precision and slow poking. 

- What things in my life need attention and maybe some precision poking?

The last step is putting the ball in the dryer, with a load of laundry.

- Looking at your life with "clean" eyes what new things are emerging? How can you turn the frustration into something useful and beautiful?