A tapestry is a cloth that has designs woven into it
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Our lives are a rich tapestry with a multiplicity of threads …
- We don’t accomplish anything in this world alone… and whatever happens is the result of the whole tapestry of one’s life and all the weavings of individual threads form one to another that creates something. Sandra Day O’Connor
- My life has been a tapestry of rich and royal hue, an everlasting vision of the ever-changing view. Carole King
- Life is less a quest than a quilt. We find meaning, love, and prosperity through the process of stitching together our bold attempts to help others find their own way. Keith Ferrazzi
- Think of all your experiences as a huge tapestry that can be laid out in whatever pattern you wish. Each day you add a new thread to the weaving. Do you craft a curtain to hide behind, or do you fashion a magic carpet that will care you to unequaled heights? Tony Robbins
- Metaphors to live by, Life is a work of art
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… woven from our experiences and the meaning we create out of them …
- The mind is like a richly woven tapestry in which the colours are distilled from the experiences of the senses, and the design drawn from the convolutions of the intellect. Carson McCullers
- On a clear day, we can see forever and ever. We know where we came from and why we are here on earth and where we ultimately are going. The threads woven into the fabric of our lives are beginning to create a beautiful tapestry. Marilyn S. Bateman
- Experience, Meaning
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… woven from the choices we make …
- Life is a tapestry woven by the decisions we make. Sherrilyn Kenyon
- Choice
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… to create something unique, magnificent and beautiful
- When we embrace the many parts of our experience we discover a magnificent creation. . . . Every moment is but a thread, a thread of consciousness embracing the very essence of life. Some threads are brilliant and dazzling while others are tattered and torn. When looked upon in isolation the tattered threads look inferior. Yet when woven together by the wondrous hands of the Creator, the light magically blends with the dark. As joy coalesces with pain, God creates the magnificent tapestry that is life. Debbie Milam
- It’s only when you turn a tapestry over that you see the art: the rich colours, the texture, and the patterns that can make a tapestry a thing of astonishing beauty. Likewise, occasionally God gives us a glimpse at what He is weaving into the fabric of our lives. That momentary peek at glory gives us the courage to soldier on, knowing that nothing happens by accident. Michael Hyatt
- Uniqueness, Beauty
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While new life experiences are being woven into the design, the old rips are simultaneously being repaired
- The tapestry of life continues to be woven. Occasionally a chance arises to repair an older, tattered piece of the weave. Something happens to jolt our awareness back in time to an event that resulted in tears and rips. With new, more mature vision, we see the circumstances in present time and have compassion for the unclear events of the past. While the new experience is being woven into the design, the old rip is simultaneously being repaired. All is well. Bessie Senette
- At times, old choices–old threads–wear out. We see the past while we live in the present, and we can replace the old…with new ideas, new choices, and new actions. Steve Brunkhorst
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Looking back, recognise that every thread in the tapestry of your life was necessary and perfect
- As I look back at the entire tapestry of my life, I can see from the perspective of the present moment that every aspect of my life was necessary and perfect. Each step eventually led to a higher place, even though these steps often felt like obstacles or painful experiences. Wayne Dyer
- Divine order, Trust in God
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The pattern and design emerges as the years pass by …
- There are patterns which emerge in one’s life, circling and returning anew, an endless variation on a theme. So musicians say the greatest sonatas are composed; whether or not it is true, I do not know, but of a surety I have seen it emerge in the tapestry of my life. Jacqueline Carey
- As we weave the tapestries of our lives, we gradually begin to see our designs from a wider angle of years. Steve Brunkhorst
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… and we are free to keep changing the design of our tapestry as we live and learn
- As we weave the tapestries of our lives, we gradually begin to see our designs from a wider angle of years. We may or may not be pleased with what we see. Yet, no design–not in the living world– is carved in stone. We have the gift of free will to change our designs as we wish. We are each a thread in the tapestry of our human family. Our outcome is woven of endless possibilities, because we can choose from a universe of endless possibilities. Every person can make a difference. Each thread is a possibility, chosen by the design of divine imagination. Our life-time designs arise from our divine gifts, unique talents, desires, thoughts, choices, and actions. At times, old choices–old threads–wear out. We see the past while we live in the present, and we can replace the old…with new ideas, new choices, and new actions. We can view the future through today’s eyes, and time blends all experiences, dark and light, into an awareness of authentic joy. May you live joyfully and abundantly today and throughout every season of life! Steve Brunkhorst
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In turn, each of our lives are threads in a great universal tapestry
- I know what Brenda Day taught me was passion, patience and understanding. She treated everybody with the same interest and respect. Everybody’s story is important in this huge tapestry we are weaving. Sarah VanLanduyt
- We are each a thread in the tapestry of our human family. Steve Brunkhorst
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The beauty of the tapestry lies in its diversity of threads and no thread is more valuable than another
- We all should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry, and we must understand that all the threads of the tapestry are equal in value no matter what their colour. Maya Angelou
- We are one people forever woven together in a tapestry, . . .And it is our job, our duty and our great challenge to fight the voices of division, and to seek the salve of reconciliation. Roy Barnes
- Diversity
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Each thread is guided by an invisible hand and each thread is supported by hundreds of others
- Destiny itself is like a wonderful wide tapestry in which every thread is guided by an unspeakably tender hand, placed beside another thread and held and carried by a hundred others. Rainer Maria Rilke
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Our lives can also be compared to a quilt …
- Our lives are like quilts – bits and pieces, joy and sorrow, stitched with love.
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… created from some beautiful pieces; some less beautiful
- It’s like this old patchwork quilt my momma used to have…Each piece on that quilt meant something. And some of those pieces were the damn ugliest things you’ve ever seen…But some of the pieces were so beautiful they almost hurt my eyes to look at when I was a kid…That’s the best you can hope for, Danny. That your life turns out like that patchwork quilt. That you can add some bright, sparkling pieces to the dirty, stained ones you have so far. That in the end, the bright patches might take up more space on your quilt than the dark ones. Brooke McKinley
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Beautiful relationships can also be compared to a quilt, the shreds of joint experiences sewn together into something precious
- Young lovers seek perfection. Old lovers learn the art of sewing shreds together and of seeing beauty in a multiplicity of patches. American Quilt
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Nature is a tapestry, revealed through each thread
- Nature uses only the longest threads to weave her patterns, so that each small piece of her fabric reveals the organization of the entire tapestry. Richard P. Feynman
- Nature
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Life is but a weaving
- My life is but a weaving
Between my God and me.
I cannot choose the colours
He weaveth steadily.
Oft’ times He weaveth sorrow;
And I in foolish pride
Forget He sees the upper
And I the underside.
Not ’til the loom is silent
And the shuttles cease to fly
Will God unroll the canvas
And reveal the reason why.
The dark threads are as needful
In the weaver’s skilful hand
As the threads of gold and silver
In the pattern He has planned
He knows, He loves, He cares;
Nothing this truth can dim.
He gives the very best to those
Who leave the choice to Him.
By: Corrie ten Boom
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