Translated…
The sketch artist, Li-Chih Lin said, “Other than the basic household chores of cleaning, cooking, tidying up the house, you must do something that gives you the pleasure, or, you will, get buried by the miniscule of household chores.”, I’d felt, so deeply about it.
Awhile ago, my friend, Wen gave me several coasters, I’d asked, “Did you buy all of these?”, she’d disclosed to me, that all of them, were from her own making, from reading the how-tos on the books, she’d planned to sell them at a friend’s shop first, test out the waters, and, if they sold well, then, she’s going to, set up a brand name for her items. Being very artistic, Wen is now, working on teaching a class on making soaps, she’d told me with great zest, “There’s so much to do! But, busying for my hobby, it’d, energized me.”
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Ching loved baking, and, because of the issues of food safety, she’d home baked her breads for her children’s breakfasts, healthy, and without the safety concerns, she’d planned to take the examinations to become a certified baker too. Feng is into the Zen tangle art, and mixing of the colors, she’d told me, “When I drew, I was filled with joy and clam, and every time as I flipped through my finished artwork, I’d felt, very achieved.”
And I loved reading and writing, through these two, I’m able to, find my own peace and calm, from the books, I’d taken from other people’s life experiences, at the same time of making the connection with the authors, I can also, gain a depth of understanding, observe others, and, introspect, and slowly, make changes to my beliefs, to let go of some of the stubbornness I have, so I have more courage, to face the days that come.
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We are all, housewives, working hard, to make our ordinary lives more fun, to give ourselves, something extra we enjoyed doing in our spare time, and, being able to have the energy, to enrich our own lives, and, internalize all our hobbies into something that’s healing to us, to maintain that needed balance inside, so we can all, welcome old age with ease.
So, this, is for the investments of your futures, as your kids are getting older, and, you are, housewives, and, you realized how important it would be, to shift your focuses from the family, back to yourselves again, and so, you’re, taking classes, taking up the hobbies, doing things you enjoy now, to fill up the time.
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Life, the Obstacle Course 