As children, we are all like an empty canvas. Next to us is a box of paints and oils. There are all kinds of different colors, which will be used to paint a picture on this canvas. This picture to be painted will become our lives. Now as we grow, we can paint a beautiful picture, something wonderful for us to look at that makes us feel good, inspires us, helps us smile, and we can share this picture. some people choose not to use their colors, painting something dark, hiding the picture, not only from themselves, but from anyone else because they don't like the picture they have painted. And don't believe that they can paint a better one. Some people pretend that they have stopped painting this picture, and at this point, without them actually realizing it, the picture is still being painted.
Most children, if not all, enjoy using colors. As we start getting older, we pick and choose our favorite colors and begin to work with them a little more. Some use these colors for good, others for bad, and there are many distractions along the way. As our paintings (our lives) come together, people look at our pictures we are painting, and tell us what we should change to make them better. what we should change about the picture, what is wrong with it, what is right with it, how wonderful it is, how terrible it is... etc. And taking in instructions from others can distract us and confuse us from painting our own pictures. From living our own lives. It is good to take in all the criticism, however when it comes to the painting itself, a decision to change, or alter the picture with different colors, whatever it may be, should be made by the person who is paining it. All the criticism confuses some people into thinking that there is something wrong with their painting, when is reality there is nothing wrong with the paining at all.
