My former brother-in-law, Lewis, may he rest in peace, was a huge influence on me during his time with us. Lewis was a talented artist whose creativity shined through his artwork. In one of his canvas pieces, he allowed me to add to it in the final stages. I suggested we add a coral figure since the painting reminded me of an underwater scene. Lewis added it and it looked horrible. I was mortified. I thought we ruined an amazing piece of art. Lewis confidently said to me, “don’t worry Doug, we can easily change it.” He worked his magic with the paint brush and blended the coral figure into the piece where you could barely tell we added it in the first place. He then said to me “if you don’t like the way something looks, you can change it.” It was an aha moment for me because his words resonated with me in so many aspects of life. We often dwell on things that are not working out for us, but don’t do anything to change it. When we finally make the change, we realize that it wasn’t that hard to do after all. |
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