Depending on how we choose to view a situation, we can create an opportunity from what would otherwise be seen as a challenge. It is easy to think that things are clear cut. They are either positive or negative. But we often overlook how much our attitude determines that reality for us. There is a statement in the Talmud that we find what we are looking for. If we want to find the beauty, we will find it. If we are sure there is only ugliness, that is what will appear. This picture shows two things. One is that the father chose to, in a humorous way, find a way of turning a “ruined” wall into a piece of art. But secondly, he showed his child that even his mistakes could be rectified with the right attitude. And no doubt, he also made it pretty clear that from now on he is to draw on paper and not the wall!
