While chatting with a friend of mine yesterday, they told me of a concept they had. They are an avid quilter, with an inclination towards patchwork quilts and while working on one, they spotted a correlation between how the quilt itself was like life in some ways.
Colourful Personality
Each patchwork quilt is one of a kind piece, made from many various bits and pieces of materials and when it comes together it forms a quilt that's unique in its own way.
This too is right for each human on this earth, each of us has had different experiences "some good, some bad, and these form together to make up the individual they are now.
Character
Just like people have personalities patchwork quilts have personalities of their own as well. The unique colors of the materials and the feel of the textures used in it all mix to make a quilt that has different qualities than other of the same kinds of quilts.
A very simliar line can be drawn around how folks are made up. The people they encounter in life, their teachers, mentors and the experiences they have, all weave together to make a character that may respond differently to different scenarios.
It's this unique array of character traits and experiences that we identify with, and warm to, as their own story shines through and warms our hearts.
Length
Cruising through life, you collect experiences and memories. So that the longer you live the more you collect, and that is why older people have lots of experiences and stories they can share.
The same applies to these quilts. The more you work on them, the more pieces get added to the quilt, the larger it gets every one has its own story to tell.
You know what? I'm sure my girl friend was on to something there! I believe I am going to have a good hard look at my previous patchwork quilts and see what type of lives they lived.
Colourful Personality
Each patchwork quilt is one of a kind piece, made from many various bits and pieces of materials and when it comes together it forms a quilt that's unique in its own way.
This too is right for each human on this earth, each of us has had different experiences "some good, some bad, and these form together to make up the individual they are now.
Character
Just like people have personalities patchwork quilts have personalities of their own as well. The unique colors of the materials and the feel of the textures used in it all mix to make a quilt that has different qualities than other of the same kinds of quilts.
A very simliar line can be drawn around how folks are made up. The people they encounter in life, their teachers, mentors and the experiences they have, all weave together to make a character that may respond differently to different scenarios.
It's this unique array of character traits and experiences that we identify with, and warm to, as their own story shines through and warms our hearts.
Length
Cruising through life, you collect experiences and memories. So that the longer you live the more you collect, and that is why older people have lots of experiences and stories they can share.
The same applies to these quilts. The more you work on them, the more pieces get added to the quilt, the larger it gets every one has its own story to tell.
You know what? I'm sure my girl friend was on to something there! I believe I am going to have a good hard look at my previous patchwork quilts and see what type of lives they lived.
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