There’s a graffito on a wall near the university that says, “You are a small part of a beautiful picture”. I’ve failed to get a picture of the wall that adequately captures the message in context, but I think about the message a great lot. If I’m part of a beautiful picture, then possibly, just possibly, I’m beautiful too. Some days it’s hard to imagine that. Other days, easy. I stay the same, it’s the picture that changes.
Or maybe the picture stays the same.
It’s how I think about it that changes.
Manifesto
36. Every day be still. Connect to your inner being. Listen and be guided by it.
38. Every day be brave and give things a go. Use fear to trigger you into action.
48. Every day there are things you can’t change. You can change the way you think about them and deal with them.