Facing Fears
I didn’t expect to be writing about philosophy, but every once in a while the yarn business and life connect in such a way as to provide profound opportunities for exploring life’s questions. As many of you know the plate glass window in the store was shattered last Saturday. No one was seriously hurt, thank goodness and the breakage was due to an old fashioned scuffle between two boisterous men on the sidewalk. The noise was tremendous, the police presence was comforting and the support and sympathy from the people milling about was helpful. By the end of the day the glass was cleaned up and the window was boarded up with the usual unattractive plywood.
Now we enter the wonderful world of insurance and the mountain of paperwork it takes to replace one broken window. Nothing ever happens quickly enough so I have decided to stop the worry and the frenetic pace of everything else and let the window get fixed whenever the insurance company and the window company can get their paperwork done.
In the meantime we are open for business as usual and trying to have some fun with things life throws at us. That window breaking has actually been one of my biggest fears ever since I first moved Northampton Wools to this location. Now that it has actually happened I find that I didn’t have to be as worried about it as I was. The thing I feared most has happened, I lived through it, I dealt with it, and realized that my fear was greater than the actual event. A life lesson- our fears are usually worse than reality.
So don’t be afraid of starting that big project or trying that new stitch or even of moving on to start your first sweater. Right now thinking about doing it is worse than doing it! Trust me, I’m still waiting for a new window. Linda