When I was out taking pictures recently I came across this gold star and things hanging from a tree. The gold star reminded me of this time when my son came home from preschool and I saw him hide a piece of paper under the Spruce tree in our front yard. You can recognize when a young child is angry because they have that preschool age pout face and a walk that looks like they’re stomping grapes. Well you don’t want your children to grow up to be litter bugs so upon inquiring I found out the reason for this peculiar behavior and furtive action. Turned out that day in preschool class they had to color a drawing and he wasn’t rewarded with a gold star because he had drawn outside the lines. I could never draw within the damn lines either, so he was comforted and after awhile there was once more harmony in the litter-free universe.
Upon reflection rewards may generally be fairly insignificant. Rewards might be immediate, happen later on, or even after your death, so no reason to be concerned about them. You may even be your own reward and walking around some day come upon a gold star and other things dangling from a tree. Then you too might possess the power of the gold star. So for all of those that are outside the lines and may not have been rewarded in the past with a gold star in class, this one’s for you. ★ Live long and prosper.★
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Maverick Mist 
i kindly accept this reward(without even asking, haha) since i never was nor will ever be able to draw a perfect circle or a straight line. why should i ? i am unorthodox, and i love it that you and your kid have been drawing outside the lines..this is one of my favorite photos here. wonderful post. thank you
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You’re doing pretty good with your art outside the lines. Keep up the good work and thank you. 🙂
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Well said, and I nice tribute to Mr. Spock who went to his final reward yesterday. As for coloring outside the lines, I’m thinking artists like Picasso and others of his ilk probably didn’t get gold stars in school either and they turned out okay LOL
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Picasso once said “It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child.” Thanks Tina, Spock was a favorite.
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⭐ Live long and prosper! ⭐
(Lovely post)
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Thank you Resa.
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Love your post and image!! yes Life is it’s own reward!!
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Thanks Cybele. I just saw your lion with a rose, spendidly done.
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Colouring inside the lines in for everyone – Being able to see beyond the lines well that’s special.
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Well said Jenni.
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Thank you for liking “Night Beauty.” Wonderful post! 🙂 I am sorry to hear that your son had a bad day at preschool, but I enjoyed reading your story. My 5th grade teacher gave out these handouts with abstract patterns for the students to color nearly every week. Coloring these handouts was like an art contest, and the winner would get a prize. I colored within the lines, and I still did not win. 🙂 I never knew the criteria he used to judge the winner of these contests. I did not think to ask him, and after a while I did not care about the contest. I colored the handouts because I had to, and then I moved on to 6th grade. 🙂
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Great story, glad you kept going. 🙂 Thank you for sharing. 🙂
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