When the Cord Snaps: What a Knitting Disaster Teaches Us About Bad Days | Praise Podcast

Most ‘disasters’ turn out to be momentary setbacks, and you already hold more of the answers than you think. Tune in for more!

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00:00:00 --> 00:00:06 A knitting fiasco taught me more about bad days than any productivity book

00:00:06 --> 00:00:06 ever

00:00:06 --> 00:00:13 could in the moment the mishap feels huge like everything is about to unravel

00:00:14 --> 00:00:14 most

00:00:14 --> 00:00:15 bad days are like that

00:00:16 --> 00:00:17 The shock feels enormous,

00:00:18 --> 00:00:23 but the actual damage is usually small and completely reparable.

00:00:24 --> 00:00:25 And here's the beauty.

00:00:25 --> 00:00:28 The answers are already inside of you.

00:00:29 --> 00:00:31 Tune in for more.

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00:01:05 --> 00:01:08 There are moments in life when something breaks down,

00:01:09 --> 00:01:09 a conversation,

00:01:10 --> 00:01:12 loss of a computer document,

00:01:13 --> 00:01:14 a timing misfire,

00:01:15 --> 00:01:19 and suddenly it feels like everything is unraveling.

00:01:20 --> 00:01:22 My version of that moment happened with,

00:01:22 --> 00:01:23 of all things,

00:01:24 --> 00:01:25 a set of knitting needles.

00:01:26 --> 00:01:33 I was mid-row on a project with over 400 stitches when the cord on my circular

00:01:33 --> 00:01:35 needles snapped.

00:01:36 --> 00:01:36 snapped.

00:01:37 --> 00:01:42 Fifty or sixty stitches immediately spilled into my lap,

00:01:43 --> 00:01:45 and the rest hovered on the edge,

00:01:46 --> 00:01:49 ready to slide off if I even breathed wrong.

00:01:50 --> 00:01:55 My whole body reacted like the entire project had just dissolved.

00:01:56 --> 00:02:02 All the time, money, effort, in my mind, gone.

00:02:03 --> 00:02:06 And isn't that exactly how a bad day feels?

00:02:07 --> 00:02:12 One breach and your nervous system assumes the whole fabric is ruined.

00:02:13 --> 00:02:17 Once the shock wore off, I did what knitters do.

00:02:18 --> 00:02:20 I ran the protocol.

00:02:21 --> 00:02:23 First, I attached a lifeline.

00:02:24 --> 00:02:28 A smaller needle slipped through the remaining stitches so nothing else

00:02:29 --> 00:02:29 could fall.

00:02:30 --> 00:02:35 Then I sourced a new pair of needles in the same size as the broken ones.

00:02:36 --> 00:02:41 I transferred everything over stitch by painstaking stitch.

00:02:42 --> 00:02:47 I worked back to the breech to see what I was actually dealing with.

00:02:48 --> 00:02:50 And here's the part that still amazes me.

00:02:51 --> 00:02:54 Out of more than 400 stitches,

00:02:55 --> 00:02:57 with 50 to 60 suddenly unsupported,

00:02:58 --> 00:03:00 onlyonestitch

00:03:00 --> 00:03:01 had actually dropped.

00:03:02 --> 00:03:03 One!

00:03:03 --> 00:03:06 And it had only fallen three rows down.

00:03:07 --> 00:03:10 A tiny and easily reparable fix.

00:03:12 --> 00:03:14 The disaster wasn't a disaster.

00:03:15 --> 00:03:20 It was a momentary setback, albeit one measured in shockwaves.

00:03:22 --> 00:03:24 Most bad days work exactly like that.

00:03:25 --> 00:03:26 Something snaps,

00:03:27 --> 00:03:27 a plan,

00:03:27 --> 00:03:28 a mood,

00:03:28 --> 00:03:29 a conversation,

00:03:30 --> 00:03:34 and your whole system reacts to the potential unraveling,

00:03:34 --> 00:03:36 not the actual damage.

00:03:37 --> 00:03:42 You feel the threat of all 400 stitches spilling everywhere,

00:03:43 --> 00:03:47 even if only 50 are loose and only one has dropped.

00:03:49 --> 00:03:51 Your brain projects catastrophe.

00:03:52 --> 00:03:54 Your body braces for loss.

00:03:55 --> 00:03:58 Your thoughts start narrating doom.

00:03:59 --> 00:04:03 But once you stabilize yourself with the protocols you know,

00:04:03 --> 00:04:04 like muscle memory,

00:04:05 --> 00:04:06 your prayers,

00:04:07 --> 00:04:07 your breath work,

00:04:08 --> 00:04:09 your posture,

00:04:09 --> 00:04:11 your sensory anchors,

00:04:11 --> 00:04:13 your grounding rituals,

00:04:13 --> 00:04:13 your

00:04:14 --> 00:04:19 you can finally re-inspect the fabric of your day after the adrenaline

00:04:19 --> 00:04:19 clears.

00:04:21 --> 00:04:25 Almost always, the truth is gentler than the fear.

00:04:26 --> 00:04:28 Maybe one stitch dropped.

00:04:29 --> 00:04:30 Maybe one moment stung.

00:04:31 --> 00:04:34 Maybe one thing needs repair.

00:04:34 --> 00:04:37 But the whole thing isn't ruined.

00:04:38 --> 00:04:41 Resilience isn't about never having the cord snap.

00:04:42 --> 00:04:45 It's about knowing what to do when it does.

00:04:46 --> 00:04:47 Stabilize what's loose.

00:04:48 --> 00:04:49 Slow down.

00:04:50 --> 00:04:52 Trace the line back to the breach.

00:04:53 --> 00:04:57 Repair the one stitch that actually needs attention.

00:04:58 --> 00:05:01 Line yourself up with where you left off.

00:05:02 --> 00:05:04 Pick up the working yarn and begin again.

00:05:06 --> 00:05:11 It's a reminder that God's children are not immune from calamity.

00:05:12 --> 00:05:15 but we are granted peace of mind through him.

00:05:16 --> 00:05:20 His presence steadies us as we work to repair the row.

00:05:21 --> 00:05:24 Think back to your last cord snap moment.

00:05:25 --> 00:05:28 What were the stitches that spilled into your lap?

00:05:29 --> 00:05:31 And when you looked again, gently,

00:05:31 --> 00:05:32 Slowly,

00:05:32 --> 00:05:34 without the adrenaline,

00:05:34 --> 00:05:37 what's the one stitch that actually needed repair?

00:05:38 --> 00:05:43 Were you able to tend to it with muscle memory born of preparation in Christ?

00:05:45 --> 00:05:52 Name it, tend to it, and let the rest of the row stay intact.

00:05:53 --> 00:05:56 Share your cord snap moment in the comments below.

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