Art, in progress...

For each of us, life is such a unique and wonderful journey, filled with a series of unique events, accomplishments, challenges, and joy unplugged! The emphasis here is on the word 'unique' - because no two persons are alike in the creation of God - each one of us is such a wonderful work of art.

You must have heard more often that each one of our lives is work-in-progress. But, I would take it one step ahead and say that each of our life is a wonderful work of art-in-progress.

While God or the super power, whichever your belief be, has given us the wide canvas unique in itself, it is we, as creations and individuals who perfect the art canvas by our unique brush-strokes - every single action, deed or decision in life being one stroke of your brush.

Every artist worth his brush will only have one mission in life (in doing every piece of art) - make sure that each stroke of the brush adds value to the painting - add beauty to the canvas given to him, one stroke at a time.

There is so much qualitative difference in seeing yourself/your life as art-in-progress, compared to seeing as work-in-progress. Work can remain same between two or more people - but art cannot.

Every work of art is the accumulation of a series of unique and one of its kind brush-strokes. So, every single journey of life, is the accumulation of a series of unique deeds (brush-strokes), deeds that have no parallel anywhere, in anyone else's journey.

Like the artist striving to perfect each single stroke, better than he did it the last time, each one of us must strive to improve on our own acts, in any facet of life - it can be at home, at work, in our creation.... the goal must be to create a 'unique brush-stroke'.

And the artist seldom spends time looking at how some one else's art is shaping up - that results in him losing his decisive focus on each of his strokes. The singular focus in each step of the journey of creating your life's painting, is to better and better your brush-strokes.

So, as your life artist, what are your brush strokes for today?

Make the journey of life wonderful, and as unique as only you can. Life is nothing but ART-IN-PROGRESS.