Diary of an average author

Painting

Once a painter made a painting, and hung it on a post in the middle of a crossroad in a market place. Written on top of that painting was;

"Please mark all flaws."

The next day, when the painter cane back, there were several red circles around different things in the painting. The painter got disappointed. He went back home with a long face. A wise man saw his gloom, and inquired him about it. When the resin was told, the wise man laughed and gave him a suggestion.

The painter did as he was told and hung the painting back at the crossroads, the circles removed. But the words written on top of it were different.

"Please correct all flaws"

The next day, the painter was astonished to see that the painting was all clear. No one had corrected the flaws they had pointed out.

That could only mean one thing.

People can only point out your flaws. Given the chance, they'd make you believe that your entire existence is a flaw. But when it comes on correcting, no one can do it. Because they don't know how. Because they know that they had exaggerated when they had pointed the flaws out.

What do we understand now? Never fall for what people tell you about you. You are what you believe yourself to be.

Believe in your self.

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