If you construct a room in paint, you haunt it. Your life rests in every stroke. So paint only the rooms that you can bear to occupy forever. Or paint the stars instead.

Benjamin Wood
About This Quote

This quote is one I have heard for years. It is about the importance of getting the big picture in life, not the details. When you are dealing with a problem at work or at home, you are making a decision about the paint on the wall of your life. It may be an important house to live in, but it’s not your home.

You may have to live there for a while. So choose wisely. Pick the room that is most important, not necessarily the color or size of the room you wish to inhabit.

Source: The Ecliptic

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