Reality is easy. It's deception that's the hard work.
Lauryn HillRead
I consider myself a crayon... I may not be your favorite color but one day you'll need me to complete your picture.
Interpretation
Each individual has their unique value, even if they are not always recognized or appreciated by others.
In this quote, Lauryn Hill uses the metaphor of a crayon to express the idea that everyone has their own distinct qualities and contributions. Just because someone may not be the most favored or appreciated by others does not diminish their importance; rather, each person's uniqueness can play a crucial role in the larger picture of life.
In practice
In a motivational speech about self-acceptance.
Reality is easy. It's deception that's the hard work.
You could get the money, you can get the power, but keep your eyes on the final hour.
The only way to know is to Live, Learn, and Grow
Now the skies could fall _x000D_ Not even if my boss should call _x000D_ The world it seems so very small _x000D_ 'Cause nothing even matters at all
We can't plan life. All we can do is be available for it.
I don't feel like my money or my success defines me. I've always been very happy just bein' me.
A dream, all a dream, that ends in nothing, and leaves the sleeper where he lay down, but I wish you to know that you inspired it.
Anything seemed possible, likely, feasible, because I wanted everything to be possible... Because I had no power to make things happen outside of me in the objective world, I made things happen within. Because my environment was bare and bleak, I endowed it with unlimited potentialities, redeemed it for the sake of my own hungry and cloudy yearning.
Greet every morning with open arms and say thanks every night with a full heart. Each day is a precious gift to be savored and used, not left unopened and hoarded for a future that may never come.
We are still awaiting Easter; we are not yet standing in the full light but walking toward it full of trust.
And so I tell you, keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.
When you throw everything up in the air anything becomes possible.
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