Keith Craft: The thing is never about the thing but every thing is about Everything.

Picture an empty canvas with a frame around it...a picture waiting to be painted. All you see on the canvas is what appears to be random numbers. You notice each number has a paint color that goes with it. This is a picture of your life. This thing happens...that thing happens. You match the color with the number. If you just focus on the numbers or the colors, it doesn't make much sense. But what if you believe the blue is not just about the blue. The green is not just about the green. The red is not just about the red, but there is purpose in the numbers and colors. If you don't stop, if you continue to connect the dots, if you don't get sidetracked or discouraged because of the thing...before you know it, it all comes together. The numbers were not about the individual numbers. The paint colors were not about the individual paint colors. The things were creating an EVERYTHING. A Big Picture.

Many people end up with a fragmented, unfinished picture, because the things in the picture of their life, become the focus rather than the EVERYTHING they wanted.

Don't make the thing about the thing. Don't be focused on the things. Make the things in your life paint the EVERYTHING you want. Learn the lessons from the things so you can create the EVERYTHING you want.