12/22/2023 0 Comments Elephant macbook sticker![]() If you ask anyone who knows me, even a distant acquaintance, to tell you what’s the one thing that reminds them of me, most would answer “books.” Van Gogh had a way with words too. “So often, a visit to a bookshop has cheered me and reminded me that there are good things in the world.” Self-motivation is the hardest thing we, humans, have time after time. Consequently, I keep reminding myself to do good with whatever I have and give my best even when I am not validated. Unfortunately, Van Gogh’s genius was not acknowledged during his lifetime-only after his death. For wheat is wheat, even if people think it is a grass in the beginning.” ![]() “If I am worth anything later, I am worth something now. If I had stayed in my comfort zone, writing in my diary for myself, not daring to have a voice and share my stories, you wouldn’t be reading this, and I wouldn’t have been of any benefit. Comfort is nice, but nothing grows in a comfort zone. If there is one thing I’ve learned, it would be this: nothing easy is worth having. Van Gogh had a tough life, no doubt, but so do we-all different yet all the same. “Normality is a paved road: it’s comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow on it.” This is how I achieve my goals today, one day at a time. A bucket of water can be filled drop after drop. We can paint it one brushstroke at a time. When we are mindful, know what we want, dream it, and act on it, dreams turn to goals, then turn to reality. “I dream my painting and I paint my dream.” So here are the seven quotes that helped me turn my life around when I could, and accept it when I couldn’t: Other than relating to some areas in his life, like his struggle, addiction, intensity, bond with his sibling, and pain, I could also relate to Van Gogh’s work, but it took me a while to decode the how and why. We watched the movie “Lust for Life” together, and she introduced me to his style, life, and artwork. I came back home with the book to find out that my sister-who is also an artist-was studying the work of Van Gogh at college and was obsessed with him. I was in my 20s when I “met” him at a bookstore on the Champs-Élysées. However, despite having always been an artist at heart, I haven’t really appreciated art-until I discovered Van Gogh. I grew up around paintbrushes and canvases since my mother secured a livelihood by selling her artwork. The first thing you will notice on my MacBook is the Starry Night sticker, which I have intentionally placed there to remind me of these quotes.
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