I See Our Lives As A Canvas Painting

I was at a workshop recently, not one that I was teaching but one that I attended. Near the end of the time I was there, a clear image of my life came before my eyes as though it was on a canvas. It was a canvas that I had painted during my life on this earth. It was vivid colors some dark and deep, some very bright and light. All of it was beautiful and perfect.
The painting here in this post could be the life of someone, who put on their canvas all their feelings and experiences. This painting is perfect because the artist painted it from her life experience and choices
We can look at our past and see the colors and images we have created in our life. All of our paintings may not seem to our ego to be beautiful at all. However to our spirit our canvas is filled with all the right colors and scenes that has brought us to right now.
There was a time in my life that I would have said that my canvas was flawed. That it wasn't a very good picture and that I wish I had a different one. That was before I became awake. Now I know that by saying that I am awake that puts me in my ego again. So I will add that I will be awakening for the rest of my life from this point on.
Being awake to me is seeing and feeling that all of my life, all of it, is perfect just the way I have painted it. If I had not chose to focus on the paths that I have lived I would not be were I am right now. Awakening!
It is choices we make that let us see were we are focused. When we focus on something, rather it is negative and painful or peaceful and fulfilling, we will have that as our life. Were we focus is were we find ourselves at.
In this painting the artist is focusing on ocean scenes. Over and over again the picture is a scene of a beach sand blue ski and water green treas or shrubs, there is also a feeling that goes with each of these scenes, I see that it is inviting. Peaceful and looks like I want to be there.
When we are conscious we can chose anything we want. In order to obtain this picture into our physical life we must see it as though we are there. Put ourselves into the picture, looking out from the picture. Feeling the sand under our toes, feeling the warm mist in the air, on our faces. See the ocean as our own take in all the smells and colors.
When we paint our life canvas from now on, do it over and over of the things you want in your life. This is what came to me while becoming more awake. If we want our lives to be peace, health, wealth, love,great relationships, harmony. We must chose to BE that. Be on purpose with our thoughts and wants.
If we focus on what we don't want that is what we will get. The painting will still be beautiful even if it what we say we don't want. But if that is what we focus on that is truly what we want. and so it is perfect. I am now having so much fun painting my canvas with purpose from now on. I will only let the feelings of what I do want onto my palate. Because I can't go back to the person I have been I only have right now, and now, and now, and now, and now.
Have a wonderful purpose filled life. Love to all.