Light and Shadow

Q. Life is hard. I am studying art, and I come from a dysfunctional family. I want to run away from my life. Help!

A. When we  recognize the possibility....to realize that life is often filled with the illusion of joy and sorrow....always the play of shadow and light....we can realize, as the artist knows, that without the shadow, you have no contrast. There would be nothing to hold our focus or attention to give the etching of character and substance.

Our lives are the canvas. The incidents within our lives provide the shadow and the light. How we apply them to our canvas is our contribution...our artistry. Let us make of ourselves a true work of beauty....no matter how many shadows there might be! KJ

"God is not some person outside ourselves or away from the Universe. He pervades everything... He abides in our hearts and is nearer to us than the nails on our fingers."
                                ~Mahatma Gandhi