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Humility is the true key to success. Successful people lose their way at times and often embrace and overindulge from the fruits of success.
very silent and focused, aware of their core selves. ... They never persuade, nor do they use manipulation or aggressiveness to get their way. They listen. If there is anything they can offer to assist you, they offer it; if not, they are silent :-)
― Sanaya Roman
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raindrops on rose, little theater rose garden, Raleigh, north carolina
I would be perfect :-)
Ted Turner
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waterlily, sarah p duke gardens, duke university, durham, north carolina
Neighbors gave us this red-flowered plant before moving far away a decade ago. One of many nice ways to remember them.
For Girls Theme Week Live: 7 Heavenly Virtues
Humility (modesty, opposes Pride) Modest behavior, selflessness, and the giving of respect. Giving credit where credit is due; not unfairly glorifying one's own self.
Near my wild river...!!!
To embrace the world, it takes a certain lightness, a certain receptivity, a certain humility, some inner joy i think ...!!! Ü
A philosophical and impressionnist photo safari concentrated mainly on a daily basis (or almost) on my small piece of planet of 55 000 square feet …!!!
A Thoreau "waldennienne" approach …!!!
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Pour se mettre en lumière...!!! Ü
Près de ma rivière sauvage …!!!
Pour embrasser le monde, il faut une certaine légèreté, une certaine réceptivité, une certaine humilité, un peu de joie intérieure je pense ...!!! Ü
Un safari photo philosophique et impressioniste au quotidien concentré essentiellement (ou presque) sur un petit morceau de planète de 55 000 pieds carrés ...!!!
Une démarche "waldennienne" à la Thoreau …!!!
A Flickr friend gave me this piece of driftwood when they came to Toronto to visit us.
Smile on Saturday theme: Cracked
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Demut ist die höhere Form der Liebe.
Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), in Bengali: Ravindranath Thakur, indischer Dichter und Philosoph, Nobelpreisträger für Literatur 1913
Explore. January 28, 2009.
defiance and humility...
depending on the situation...
choose your pick.
(Behind-the-scene: Photographed last Fall. One of Lucio's very first shots. All settings used were on default, I believe. You would notice that the date is off. A branch sticking out of one of my River Birches. This was the day I knew we were going to be great buddies. Lucio and I. :P)
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Interestingness: #77.
The Human Abstract
(William Blake)
Pity would be no more
If we did not make somebody poor,
And Mercy no more could be
If all were as happy as we.
And mutual fear brings Peace,
Till the selfish loves increase;
Then Cruelty knits a snare,
And spreads his baits with care.
He sits down with holy fears,
And waters the ground with tears;
Then Humility takes its root
Underneath his foot.
Soon spreads the dismal shade
Of Mystery over his head,
And the caterpillar and fly
Feed on the Mystery.
And it bears the fruit of Deceit,
Ruddy and sweet to eat,
And the raven his nest has made
In its thickest shade.
The gods of the earth and sea
Sought through nature to find this tree,
But their search was all in vain:
There grows one in the human Brain.
Taken near São Luiz Gonzaga-RS (southern Brasil). Lomo script applied.
Note: posted in Cream of the Crop as a personal favorite.
Orion Orbits Overhead On Stunning Starry Seaside Sky - IMRAN™
The cluster of stars often known as Orion’s Belt is one of the most familiar sights in the sky. It has fascinated humankind for millennia. Who knows if there are living creatures in the universe that also have views of this combination of heavenly bodies. I’m sure the shape would have to be significantly different ... unless their planet happened to be in the same exact linear alignment as our Earth’s position relative to the points of light making up that imaginary figure.
They are all different distances from earth. I was thinking about how the lights from some of the key stars took so many different periods to hit my eyes when I gazed upon them.
Light from one of them that I captured in this image left the star when Jesus was living, 2000 years ago. The light from another of the points is actually from a combination of stars with one revolving around the other every 1500 years. That is about the time since Prophet Muhammad was alive in Mecca.
Just the thought of the cosmic insignificance of our planet and our individual existences sent a shudder down my spine, as did the chilly Florida winter night as I stood seaside at home looking up at the sights past the palm tree. As I clicked the photo on the warm iPhone in the palm of my hand, I felt a warmth in my heart and a fire in my soul....
I got to see these stars’ lights from almost the exact times when God’s favorite prophets had likely looked up towards the stars near their last days on earth. And Allah, the One God, still has given insignificant me, standing alone on the shore on this cold night, on this tiny insignificant planet, to have unlimited powers.... of imagination, thought, and faith.... to achieve anything I dream, desire and decide. God willing.
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This is a long overdue thank you for Laura for her sweet testimonial. Spend sometime to visit her photostream and I guarantee you will be in awe of her talent and creativity. She just uploaded some free textures for us to use.
Btw I just realized that I have been using whithering roses to convey my appreciation. I think I should've used fresh flowers instead. In my defense, I think flowers still look pretty even when they are whithering, especially roses. That's why I love them. :)
Have a lovely weekend my flickr friends. And oh... Spring, come sooner puh-leease. I've had enough of this cold weather and snow.
"Shu," a Japanese fine-dining restaurant seems to require humility to enter. The half-sized doors may be an impediment to some potential patrons but none, rich or poor, important or common, will enter taller than any other. I saw many places with entrances like this in Japan a few years ago.
Seen at 8 Rue Suger, 6th Arrondissement, Paris.
"We come nearest to the great
when we are great in humility"
..................................................................Rabindranath Tagore
“Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other virtue except in mere appearance.”
~ Saint Augustine (Ancient Roman Christian Theologian and Bishop of Hippo from 396 to 430. One of the Latin Fathers of the Church. 354-430)
“This virtuous simplicity,” says St. John Climacus, “is the mother and nurse of a most profound humility and of a great meekness. . . . Never is simplicity to be found where there is not, at the same time, humility also.”
...In their very works and occupations the solitaries tend to humility and stifle every movement of vainglory in themselves. For who can become proud by digging in the ground, or watering plants, or making wicker baskets, or other such things?”
--The Spirit of Simplicity, Jean-Baptiste Chautard OSCO, Translated by Thomas Merton
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Agfa Box 44 from 1930s
expired Kodak Portra 160, pushed two stops
Inspired by the movie 'Wings of desire' and its remake 'City of angels', I wanted to do this project for a long time. I even started it some time ago as self-portraits wearing long, leather, black jacket:
www.flickr.com/photos/toguko/4741327405/
But this time, I thought I would do something different. I think the use of the traditional, red, Chinese dress was more for the visual reasons in the beginning. Then I started to think what I wanted to show in this project. And the word 'nostalgia' came to my mind in a natural way - the use of an old camera, expired films, dress from another era, showing longing for the past. But when I developed the films, I was disappointed with the results. I was hoping they would look like old photographs. The colours came out more vivid than when using normal kodak portra 160 (perhaps because mine was expired and pushed two stops when developed). I felt that this is not what I wanted and also that it is not really my style. I guess I had some expectations about the whole thing.
And then I thought that I did the best I could, given the tools I have at the moment (I had to sell all my equipment for personal reasons and only kept my grandfather's camera for sentimental reasons and was left with few boxes of kodak portra 160 that I didn't sell) and that the final results were actually not up to me. I felt that this was a great lesson of humility, letting go, diminishing my ego and expectations, trying to deal with my 'control freak' and perfectionist side. So my new idea for the name of this project is 'humility', for the reasons above but also because of the small figure in the vastness of the landscapes (universe) as I am trying to show how small and insignificant we all are.
The other thing I thought about is what does the model feel/experience. What is her perspective? I feel not many people think about that. So I asked her. She said that in the beginning, the posing didn't feel natural to her, she felt awkward standing there looking at all these landscapes in front of her. But in later shots, she started to relax, closed her eyes and meditated.
Changed the name of the project to 'h&n' (for humility&nostalgia but also here&now).
There is one more film I shot for this project and that's it. It will not continue in its current form.
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"Add to this a good sense of humor, a big dose of patience, and a dash of humility, and you will be rewarded many-fold."
~ Maranatha
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2. "Be friendly and helpful.",
3. "Be cordial.",
4. "Be genuinely interested in people."
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~ My Easter cactus flowers are blooming on my balcony...
~ the original photo is displayed in the first comment below...
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and God Bless,
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even amidst a countless creations thereis in nature...we human beings have the humility... to choose to be in servitude to all creation...to protect life on Earth...in servitude to God...who created us all for this Divine Purpose...
It was not a perfect place to take star trail picture as light pollution was so heavy. It was not a perfect weather either as humility was very high and air transparency was below average. But it was only 25 minutes of driving from home and it was fun to get a interesting star trail picture in such unfavorable conditions.
I am thankful for adversity. Likewise, I am thankful for the humility and utter reliance on God it points me to.
Now, before you think I'm all some kind of noble, let me also say that adversity hurts. And the conflict and outright hostility from some in my life hurts especially hard... dismissive ridicule masquerading as high-minded tolerance; mocking sneers written into shaded words; assumptions and presumptions born of enmity and estrangement.
I have lost to that estrangement close family and friend alike. Job would understand. So would Paul, and Luther, and Wilberforce, and Schneider. Each drew a line that defined an arc of adversity against which they leaned continually throughout their days. Mine, like theirs, has become an anchor.
God, it is said, draws straight lines with crooked sticks. And mine was particularly misshapen. But as an invited resident in my life, the line Christ has drawn for me has become a dividing line with those who bear adversity in their bosoms as if it their very breath. And for that I am thankful. No, not that we are divided. But thankful that by that line I am forever tethered to a hope and peace and assurance I would not have otherwise discovered.
As adversity isolates it also frees. And I am free, indeed.
"O Father, give us the humility which realizes its ignorance, admits its mistakes, recognizes its need, welcomes advice, accepts rebuke. Help us always to praise rather than to criticize, to sympathize rather than to discourage, to build rather than to destroy, and to think of people at their best rather than at their worst. This we ask for thy name's sake." (Prayer of William Barclay, 20th century)
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The National War Memorial has for me always been a place of great humility. This is especially true with the more recent murder of Private Nathan Cirillo on these very steps. Last weekend, when I took this photo, it was brutally cold and snowing. No one else was around but I could sense the history of so many people represented here.