The whittling knife is a staple of past times when the world was much simpler. It seems that those days are long gone. Today, our world has instant access to an unending amount of information that eats at our time a little bit at a time. We begin to lose track. We lose focus. We lose relationships. We get older. Before we know it, 20 years has gone by and we haven't accomplished what we want by the time we wanted to.

So what does that have to do with whittling and whittling knives? Think about it this way - when you have a block of bare wood in one hand and a whittling knife in the other, you begin to chip and cut away at something that, at that moment in time, isn't beautiful. But as you continue, you begin to mold the piece of wood into something that only you created. Something that only you have spent time on. While you whittle, while you carve the wood away, you get lost in your own thoughts. Whittling allows you the opportunity to align yourself by tuning out all other distractions. Eventually, you put away all the negativity of the world. The news. The gossip. The 'oh man, it's the end of the world' mentality. You see, what you create out of that simple block of wood is your escape. It's a way to get back to our roots.

Not prejudice against gender, race, religion, and anything between, whittling gives you the opportunity to create something beautiful. It's for those of us who are at a point in our life where we look back and wonder what we've really accomplished. You may have a wonderful family. You may have a great job. You may have a nice house. But what have you accomplished? Where has you mind taken you? Did time get away from you? Is it still slipping away? Let whittling help you gain focus. Let whittling be the substitute for medication. For news. For gossip. Let whittling be your escape.