Stick to It

I am a designer, maybe not like you Some look at a room and rearrange furniture. If I put a chair next to the door it stays there until I move to another location forty-two years later. However, sit me at a table with pieces of colored paper and a stack of pictures or words gathered from various sources, and creative juices begin to bubble. Newness of output is aided by some type of glue. In earliest childhood days, that glue was make your own with equal portions of flour and water stirred together and applied to Biblical based offerings from a weekly Sunday School booklet. At some point I moved on to Elmer’s clear glue. I had to remember to wipe off my fingers and clean the nose of the nozzle or reuse required opening the flow again by wiggling a pin in around the white stopper. At some point glue sticks became an option. While the purpose of attachment was accomplished, the problem existed to confine the glue to the back of the offering without running off the edge and leaving smears on the table or by pushing too strongly and tearing the paper. A glue gun gave the impression that the task would reach the ultimate attainment of professional presentations, except it also required that an electric plug be near at hand, extra sticks to melt always be close by. and a careless finger didn’t touch a hot funnel.

After years of creating Smithmark birthday cards, place mats, posters for a classroom, or noble quotes to go in a journal, I have settled on three rules of progression that are needed. First, glue to the edges. If this step is ignored, at some point in the future, those edges will start to curl and even fold back destroying any beauty intended. Second, press down and wipe up the extra.That little shine outside the edge can glue the intended object to an unintended object pulling part A away from part B leaving an unsightly unintended tear. Thirdly, view with satisfaction and then wait for it to dry. You don’t want to create a stack of one that was intended to be five unique offerings

Stick to it can retain focus beyond carrying out a decorative idea. One calls up hang on, stand firm, be determined, preserver,and don’t give up to finalize any path from conception to completion. These phrase have carried me through the demands of financial papers and the struggle of putting three children to bed at the end of a day. A slight variation of the rules still matter: organize all the pieces, be sure each step fits the process, and keep moving toward the goal. Maybe you are encouraged by “He that endureth to the end shall be saved.” Personally, I put on a smile and chant the words of the Message.

Day and night I‘ll stick with God; I’ve got a good thing going and I’m not letting go.

Psalm 16:8