life's kind of like a painting. A really bizarre, abstract painting. You could look at it and think that all it is, is a blur. And you could continue living your life thinking that all it is, is just a blur. But if you really look at it, really see it, focus on it, and use your imagination, life can become so much more. The painting could be of the sea, the sky, people,buildings, a butterfly on a flower, or anything except the blur you were once convinced it was.
Interpretation
Life can seem chaotic and confusing, but with focus and imagination, it can reveal its beauty and depth.
This quote by Cecelia Ahern uses the metaphor of a bizarre, abstract painting to illustrate how one's perception of life can vary dramatically. At first glance, life may appear to be a mere blur filled with chaos and uncertainty. However, with a closer examination and a willingness to appreciate the details, life can transform into a vibrant and meaningful experience, rich with possibilities and beauty. It encourages us to look deeper and engage with the world around us to uncover its true essence.
In practice
In a motivational speech about overcoming challenges, you might say, 'Remember, life's kind of like a painting; focus on the details to see its beauty.'
When you drop a glass or a plate to the ground, it makes a crashing sound. When a window shatters, a table breaks, or a picture fall of the wall, it makes noise. But as for your heart, when that breaks, it's completely silent... and you almost wish there was a noise to distract you from the pain.
There is never a sudden revelation, a complete and tidy explanation for why it happened, or why it ends, or why or who you are. You want one and I want one, but there isn't one. It comes in bits and pieces, and you stitch them together wherever they fit, and when you are done you hold yourself up, and still there are holes and you are a rag doll, invented, imperfect. And yet you are all that you have, so you must be enough. There is no other way.
Funerals...are for the living.
There are two tests in life, more important than any other test. On Monday morning, when you wake up, do you feel in the pit of your stomach you can't wait to go to work? And when you're ready to go home Friday afternoon, do you say, 'I can't wait to go home?'
There is a part of me that will forever want to be walking under autumn leaves, carrying a briefcase containing the works of Shakespeare and Yeats and a portable chess set. I will pass an old tree under which once on a summer night I lay on the grass with a fragrant young woman and we quoted e.e. cummings back and forth.
I am more a teenager than anyone else I know. One minute I feel really adult and the next minute I say, 'Let's play hide-and-seek.'
The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.
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