Hate Delays?

Set your hearts on the things that are in heaven… keep your minds fixed on things there, not on things here on earth. Col. 3: 1-2

I’m a hobbyist or a do-it-yourself guy.
If I find something beautiful and worthwhile to have,
I'll do my best to learn how to do it by myself.
This character of mine gives way to some of my talent in carpentry, clay molding, plaster casting, picture mounting, paper recycling, framing, and even blogging and making audio-video presentations.

These past weeks, I’m learning how to do T-shirt printing. And of course to be able to do this, I also need to learn to make silk screens.

Silk screens? Here I am again.Too busy, compulsive, impatient, can’t wait.

Yes, I can’t wait to see what will happen to my screens. Actually, a lot of my resources, time, effort and even my mind are with it.

I admit! I’m now too occupied by t-shirt printing and silk screens. (Obvious isn’t it? Even this reflection is about them).

I can't really help it. Every time I’m learning a new craft,

I venture on it, research on it, try it, and always can’t wait to see the end result.
And so during the learning process, I hate mistakes. I hate delays.

But now, my screen is in the corner waiting to be fix.

And here I am sited, figuring out…
Where I went wrong? What I'm going to do next?
Am I going to continue this?  Can I make this?

Delays.., mistakes.., interruptions…

I need it. You need it. We all need it.
For a “certain period”, it can really help us.
To assess our actions, to assess our strategies.
To assess our life’s purpose, to assess our life’s values.

Delays can help us.

It can help us to stop and look again to what is more important in our life.
And in doing so, fix our eyes and hearts on them.
Not is our career, not in our positions, not in our bank accounts.
Not even in my silk screens.

Delays, learn all you can with them.