Doesn’t this quote make you stop and think?
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| 8″ x 12″, drawn with Pitt Artist’s pens on Stillman and Birn Beta series paper |
It holds true in so many areas of life, everything from how much money we have or how nice our house is, to how we look or how good we are at painting. The lesson is to appreciate the life we have and the blessings we’ve been given instead of comparing ourselves with others and inevitably falling short.
Tomorrow I’ll be sharing the last of the six quotes I chose for my living room wall. I hope you’ll stop by to see it, and, if you have a favorite quote, why not share it in a comment? I’d love to find some new favorites, and you just might win a free print!
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Drawing July 6, 2016.
(One entry/comment per post, but you may comment on all six quote posts.)
Drawing July 6, 2016.
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When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, 'I used everything you gave me'. Erma Bombeck
The mountains are calling and I must go. John Muir
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"Art is not about things as they are, but about things as they matter."
~ Leland Ryken
Great art picks up where nature ends…….Marc Chagall
"Not what we have, but what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance." Epicurus
I love your quote.
"Nothing in nature blooms all year, be patient with yourself."
Sorry if this is a duplicate, but I didn't see it under any of the comments "A flower does not think of competing with the flower next to it. It just blooms. Zen Shin
"If a crooked stick is before you, you need not explain how crooked it is. Lay a straight one by the side of it, and the work is well done. Preach the truth and error will stand abashed in its presence." Charles Spurgeon.
"A dog, I have always said, is prose; a cat is a poem." Jean Burden
"All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well.” Julian of Norwich
I love "Wake up every morning and expect the best" quote courtesy of my daughter, Bridget