I've now folded 700 paper cranes. Hard to believe. The goal of 1,000 is slowly coming into view on the horizon. At my rate of 10 cranes per day, I am only 30 days away from senbazuru. About a week into the New Year.
Even this far along, I still struggle. The last two days, I have felt intermittently crabby -- no huge temper outbursts but snappish and surly. I've fallen back into my old habits of staying up too late, so this is caused by lack of sleep, I'm pretty sure. Earl(ier) to bed tonight, and we'll see if that makes a difference.
For inspiration, here are the words of wisdom on the tag attached to my tea bag in tonight's cup of Yogi Tea:
"Your strength is in how calmly, quietly and peacefully you face life."
Interview with fellow author Blakely Benett
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4 comments:
The most amazing thing is how beautiful each crane is.
Thank you!
I just read through the past couple of posts. I didn't know the story of Sadako but have heard many tragic and inspiring ones about the people who lived in Nagasaki and Hiroshima.
I've taken part in folding 1,000-cranes several times. With a group of people it becomes a very quiet almost meditative getsure. However, if you walk into a room and people are folding origami cranes it makes your heart sink..."who's sick?"
Good luck though! Threaded together they are so beautiful. What an auspicious way to start the year.
Wow, thank you for stopping in here! I know you're a supporter of Jim. So nice to see you here, too. So you're a 1,000-crane folder several times. Wonderful. Did you make a wish?
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