I love coming to this place. You can be in the city and at the same time be there together with nature. Not too many people around. A great place for meditation. And one of my favorites - Meditation with a camera.

"Gain total clarity. Have unstoppable confidence. Reach social mastery. Become a remarkable leader. Perform at your highest level!" Thank you, my dear. I'd rather stay with photography.

Our Universal Alignment - Sunset Light Shafts, Boat, Palm Tree, & I, All Lined Up At Tampa Bay Florida Home - IMRAN™

[My 98th Explore! And same day as reaching 7 Million Views!]

As a magnificent late November sunset was filling the sky with God's magic at my blessed home in Apollo Beach, I was recording the scene with my iPhone 11 Pro Max. A boat was coming into view from my right. I managed to click the still-photo button during the video-recording to capture this frame, just as the boat had intersected the light shafts from the sun almost 92 million miles (147.5 million km) away at that time of year.

For the briefest and only moment in the space-time continuum, those photons, the boat and its occupants, the palm tree, and I, -- all on our separate journeys through the universe -- were in perfect alignment. An ordinary moment that could have easily been missed. Or a memory of a lifetime, captured for all to see even when many or almost all the living beings in this frame are long gone.

Remember, life is a ceaseless opportunity to find magical alignments. You can let them pass by, or watch them sink under the horizon into the past. But, if you choose, you can grab every such moment, and make something magical happen, even for the briefest of times. Each of those precious magical moments and memories, woven together, are the fabric of an incredible life lived as no one else could have, can, or will,.... except you, right here, right now, every spot, every moment.

Are we in alignment? Let's make it happen. Let's make it count. Let's make magic. Drop me a line, and align!

© 2020-2021 IMRAN™

Shocking Pink Gorgeous Display Of Nature's Colors At Long Island Home A Dozen Years Ago - IMRAN™

I took this photo 13 years ago in early fall of 2010 at my home on Long Island, New York. It is one of the 100,000+ pictures I need to make time and post in my life while there is time! Life goes by so fast, like a summer bloom.

These flowers are so long gone even their roots have forever become one with the soil. But their beauty and magic live on forever. Even that can be a lesson in life philosophy for each one of us, for long after we are gone.

© 2010-2023 IMRAN™

Even Storm Clouds Are A Blessing To Be Grateful For - IMRAN™

(My 112th Flickr Explore!)

At first glance it is just another magnificent Florida sunset formed by storm clouds. It is "just" a pretty cool photo captured by someone with a camera living at a beautiful home on Tampa Bay. But to me it is much more symbolic, poignant, and soul-touching than that.

As so many people struggle with their daily lives, whether financially, emotionally, psychologically, or physically, it is easy for many people to assume everyone else has it easy, or at least easier than them. The daily or even lifelong struggles, the constant stresses, the betrayals by loved ones, the difficulty in making ends meet, the responsibilities of caring for sick loved ones, or the pressures of raising kids as a single parent with exes sucking the joy out of life and sabotaging future love and happiness, injustices in society, unfair treatment or exploitation by employers, and so many are things like these are among the many challenges.

There are always storm clouds on the horizons of lives. Faced with that reality, it becomes easy to assume that others are having an easier time without their own storm clouds, just because they are smiling in a photo, or out with a group of friends, or posting a photo of something fun they did. That can make people forget to take stock of how even their terrible situation is full of blessings. But looking around at everything they can realize how much they have to be grateful for, how much what is part of even their challenge-filled life is what so many millions of others are dying wanting to have.

So, as I looked at these massive storm clouds forming, with so many challenges that surround the scenes of our lives, I bowed my head in gratitude even to have storm clouds surround the horizons of life. Think about it. Just being alive, being able to see the storm, hear the thunder, feel the rumble, smell the ozone, sense the electricity in the air ready to strike like lightning, and touch the lightest drops of rain.... how many hundreds of millions who passed before us will never have the opportunity to experience these again.

No matter what it is you are struggling with, think about it... there is someone somewhere who would gladly trade places and their situation for yours. Each and every thing in life, even the storms, when looked at with the right spiritual lens, the with the correct settings in the camera of our souls, are capturing a moment of infinite uniqueness.

No one else in the entire universe, in all of time and for all eternity, will have had the same exact moment, the same exact experience, the same exact privilege of being you in whatever situation you face. Situations change, and they change much faster when you learn to recognize that even the darkest, stormiest, photos of you life are mere dramatic highlights of a beautiful movie of your life that is entirely in your hands, heart, mind, and soul to write, rewrite, and lead to whatever direction and happy ending you choose to.

Embrace the storm, take my hand, let me guide you to turning the most difficult moments into beautiful works of art of gratitude, hope, confidence, joy, and love.

© 2021 IMRAN™

Photage 130: Holiday gatherings are cool. They can also mean more cooking, more cleaning, more family obligations, and might even trigger old family conflicts. Here are four tips to support you through this Thanksgiving holiday:

1. Plan, plan, plan

Different family members tend to have different ideas about how holidays are going to play out. Talk to each other about what you want and need out of the holiday.

2. Consider your options

Tradition tends to rule holiday family gatherings. Tradition is good and at the same time it's okay to switch things up for the better. Consider your options and choose the one that fits best for you and your family.

3. Reward yourself

Holidays can take a lot of time, energy, money, and planning. Be sure to plan and schedule a reward for yourself after all is said and done. This helps to make the holiday not only about family, but also about nurturing you.

4. Have fun!

Yes, there is work to be done in holiday gatherings. But, ultimately it is about connecting. So be sure to enjoy yourself along the way!

Go See Sea Of Green Glow As Sago Palms Grow And Be Inspired To Be You - IMRAN™

There is such an infinite range of beautiful moments, even in the life of an ordinary man like me going about his life quietly, even merely walking past a sago palm, there is no way any one man can even notice, capture, much less share even a fraction of all that.

Imagine that multiplied by the billions of people on this planet alone. Then imagine the billions upon billions of galaxies around us, each with billions and billions of stars with who know how many even more magical moments occurring this very instant.

The sharp but gentle edges of even one "insignificant" plant can teach us a lesson. I see this and it reminds me that even in this vastness of infinite universal variations and a plethora of seemingly identical existences teeming next to each other, each and every one of us can stand apart in our own way.

Every one of us can make it a point to live, ideally as green as we can, an evergreen life, wherever we go, taking every moment to learn and grow, and to shine and glow as examples of our standing apart even among a sea of equals, as this moment in the space-time continuum depicts.

Think about it. What makes you who you are? How do you stand apart from the rest? What are you going to do with the gift of being You?

© 2021 IMRAN™

Handling grown-man business to the N-th degree has unfortunately been forcing me onto the sidelines lately... Life comes before graff, but sometimes you have to press pause and just go paint.

I tried to do something a bit less rigid and incorporate some more curves into this piece, which I feel I did, but I can take it further. Overall I had a really good time painting this.

This wall is a tribute to all the new additions to the 3A junior-division (there are a few) with the storks ushering them in... as well as some advice for life. Stay tuned...

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Action shots: www.molotow.com/magazine/blog/blog/2011/04/21/geser-6/

Zero plan collaboration with Rath

Stunning Sunset Sky Silhouettes Ship Showing Stellar Signs Supporting Success - IMRAN™

On a blustery winter's day in Florida, this cruise ship departed the Port Of Tampa, headed to destinations unknown. It's proud silhouette crossed in front of the stunning sunset. Magnificent dusk colors filled the sky -- with both bright promises and dark perils. Yet, it aimed towards the light, even knowing the certainty of night.

Even your toughest challenges in life come with opportunities for You to decide your future, your fate. There will be hazards on the horizon and hopeful signs on the skyline.

Falls may be guaranteed, but the Springs to rebound from them are for you to steer. Turn any winter's storm into a future summer breeze.

Let this image and these words inspire you. I hope you can see that choice exemplified even in this photograph.

Stay strong. Stay steady. Stay the course. Amazing destinations await.

© 2023 IMRAN™

Ambition + Action = Tiny Spiders’ Massive Web & Success - IMRAN™

Talk about believing in yourself, and having ambition undeterred by your personal size or stature. Throw in action with perseverance & dedication, and anyone of any size can achieve anything. This almost 10 feet tall 12 feet wide spider web woven by a spider, a fraction of an inch itself, proves it. If this is what it can achieve in one day, imagine what you can imagine in an year, and your remaining lifetime. What are you going to do about it, today?

© 2021 IMRAN™

#IMRAN #Florida #ApolloBeach #inspiration #ambition #confidence #perseverance #lifecoach #nature #web

Gorgeous Green Trees Line The Racetrack Road Of Life's Years Flying By - IMRAN™

I am sure these trees have seen many decades or even centuries of travelers pass underneath during our worldly journeys in our earthly journeys. It is amazing how the years fly.

I took this photo 15 years ago and did not get a chance to post it until now. I was driving with a beautiful beloved, Christie, as we went from my then fabulous Singer Island Tiara Condo north on A1A in Florida. The Nikon Coolpix E5700 photo did not have GPS embedded in it, but I believe it is somewhere in the areas of Jupiter to Hobe Beach.

We later met with my dear friend Roger and his wife Joyce, at a nearby airport, They had flown in on their beautiful Piper Dakota, with a powerful 235 HP 6-cylinder engine making it effortlessly fly the four adults in it. .

Roger let me fly his plane and we went to Sebring, Florida, for lunch and a gorgeous day of flying, as some fabulous sports-cars raced around the track, before we headed back home.

In the race of life, the years fly by... and the road ahead may have expected turns and unexpected potholes, cool shades and dark shadows, living tree trunk and dead tree stumps. It is our choices today on what we see and avoid, what we embrace and enjoy, what keeps us rooted, what we leverage to help us stand tall, or even what we allow to stump us along the way.

Choose wisely, as the decades will surely fly by faster than you can imagine.

© 2005-2020 IMRAN™

#A1A, #Coolpix, #E5700, #Florida, #Flying, #friends, #gratitude, #highway, #IMRAN, #ImranAnwar, #Inspiration, #Jupiter, #life, #lifecoach, #lifelessons, #love, #Lovers, #memories, #motivation, #Nikon, #PalmBeach, #pilots, #road, #Travel, #travelogue, #past, #future, #autobiography

When Life Doesn’t Even Give You Lemons, Make An IMRANtini - IMRAN™ (3D)

I don’t drink alcohol, and I don’t even have any lemons. But, no matter what I have or don’t have, I try to concoct something fun and adventurous out of the situation. Even a seemingly broken glass can be full or at least half full! (This one appears to be “broken” because the bokeh effect fools the FB algorithm to make the rear half of the glass look like it’s part of the background).

That attitude will be needed, though it will surely be sorely tested, in the lives of everyone on the planet. So, I say, in trying times find ways to try out new things. Experiment, think creatively, and stay positive. You don’t have to stay parched nor do you have to “drink the Kool-Aid”. Make yourself your own version of what I call the Virgin IMRANtini.

Cheers, and my best wishes to all. Well, except to the ones willingly and deliberately belittling the risks of a global pandemic, spreading lies, disseminating fake remedies, and endangering themselves & others. May Darwin get to work on them and rid the planetary gene pool of the moron-gene. 😄 Amen!

© 2020 IMRAN™

3D on FB: www.facebook.com/134701029880230/posts/3491943427489290/ .

Ensure Leaving Your Sole Solo Soul’s Sole Mark To See On Seashores Sea To Shining Sea - IMRAN™

Even though we are often never alone - whether through work or relationships, family or friends - there is one thing we alone possess and must travel alone... our incredibly unique path across the oceans of times. Think about it.

Out of the literally infinite combinations of possibilities in the known universe, we are absolutely the only ones to have traveled our individual journey across the space time continuum. No matter who comes into or goes out of our lives.

We are the only ones who can, and who must, choose to be shining stars in the heavens of human greatness — from the decisions we make today, the actions we take, right here, right now. Those choices, every minute, every day, starting this very moment, set the course of our walk through life on this planet’s star-walk through the cosmos.

We bear sole responsibility to ensure we walk on the seashore separating the sands that have already passed through our hourglass, and the limitless oceans of possibility alongside us, leaving us a chance to still carve our own path, craving leaving a meaningful mark, on the sandy beach that still lies awaiting ahead.

Our soul, solo traveler temporarily riding the solar system’s journey through a brief eternity, bears sole responsibility to leave a meaningful mark of soles that can be seen along the seashores, from sea to shining sea.

Come along, my precious fellow-traveller through time and I will guide your path when you need me to. But get ready to explore farther than you imagined.

Dare to bare your soul, my dear. Hold my hand and press your sole into the sand. Leave your mark, everywhere, my beloved, forever,.... But step on it.... for time and tide wait for no man, or woman.

© 2020 IMRAN™

#Florida #TampaBay #ApolloBeach #philosophy #inspiration #lifecoach #leadership #mindfulness #spirituality #IMRAN #legacy #greatness #gratitude #NoFilter #NoEdit #SOOC #iPhone

Sometimes, we don't learn it the first time. That's okay. It takes practice and time to master a skill. #ExpectationTherapy - bit.ly/ExpectationBook

Time/Line(d): Joys Of Random Alignments 02:11:11 01/02/2021 - IMRAN™

Got a second? Lend a hand. Or two, or three. Not to me but to your own self. Take a moment to align ... all three hands on the long arms of time of our too short journeys... live, love, laugh.

I happened to see the seconds-hand of a brand-new clock moving towards being totally in-line with the minutes & hours hands on this wall clock I just mounted. I bought it to match the wall color in my living room when the previous timepiece died.

I took the photo just half a second before their total alignment would’ve made it impossible to make out the three separate hands. Nothing earth -shaking to commemorate, it would seem, right? Just another second of the thousands we take for granted, daily. True. But.... stop, see, speculate.

It is a very special event. Not because of the random alignment of the hands on a wall clock, which literally happen every hour at different spots on the clock face. Not because I hung a new thing on the wall. Instead, realize and appreciate that this is another moment you’re blessed to have. Another opportunity to appreciate the tiny details of life which can be routinely ignored or regularly missed, — or by choice turned into something to celebrate,... a moment of joy, a tiny synchronicity, something more to smile about and be grateful for.

Gather enough of moments like these and even the most ordinary days can add up to a happy life fully lived, totally savored. Have you smiled at some random moment of joy today? Do it now. Tick-Tock. Tick-Tick-Tock.

© 2021 IMRAN™

#IMRAN #inspiration #motivation #lifelessons #lifecoach #leadership #happiness #joyoflife #time #memories #goals #writing #smallthings #clock #time #wallclock #turquoise #synchronicity

Forget Silver, Darkest Clouds Have Gold Linings - IMRAN™

Forget about dark clouds having silver linings. Here, right in front of my eyes, and for all who live in the Tampa Bay, Florida, area and happened to see this breathtaking, dramatic, sunset tonight, darkest clouds have gold linings. But, not matter where you are, no matter what your situation, no matter what your challenges, just know, it is after the worst storms, the most whipping winds, the darkest clouds, and the choppiest seas, that the most magical of experiences worth their weight in gold emerge. You are not alone. You will overcome. For tomorrow is a new day, and tonight you just have to learn to savor the darkest experiences for the golden dreams they can uncover.

This is a 560MB panorama from just 3 handheld Nikon D850 photos, merged in Lightroom. NO editing was done to ANY part of the clouds or sunset, which are SOOC (straight out of camera colors and tones). The water was too dark in the combined image so only that was brightened so you can see the wavelets, and the signs. It will be posted as a JPG of 37MB. But FaceBook will reduce the quality to near useless levels. For example, can you see a pelican soaring over the horizon towards Saint Petersburg in the FaceBook photo? I will post a little clip of that part of the image in comments to show how much detail images lose in crappy FaceBook image versions. Always check out flickr.com/ImranAnwar to see much better quality of the photos.

© 2019 IMRAN™

Danielle is a life coach and blogger ( Step In Her Heels ) and this portrait is from a TFP session we did when I was just getting into studio work back in 2017.

Terminal Two Too, At The End, I Exit Stage Right - IMRAN™

Al the world’s a stage.... Life is a journey. Et tu... There are many phrases describing our time alive. Dates marking milestones, when we’re embarking on the one way trip, to distant places of our final disembarking. In the long term, no matter what terms we desire or what conditions we live in, the terms & conditions of our earthly contract require that our days contract to zero, even if we’re a hero, in reality or merely in our minds. Mind you, minds fade, bodies contract, but the impacts of our good deeds expand and legacies of great acts grow. One day we all reach the terminus, whether through a terminal ailment, or a crashing end due to the collisions of fate and destiny ending our physical travels through the space time continuum. What continues are the memories we take with us, and the joys we leave behind in those whom we leave behind. The irony, the ones we leave behind continue into the future beyond us, continuing spinning around the solar ace of our planets, finding solace in knowing that in our end we went to a time and space with no end. So, dear fellow traveler today, or a future journeying reader long after I’m gone, gone may be my physical remains, but my presence in your mind and heart shall remain, long after I, IMRAN, EXIT (stage / right). (Thoughts inspired just from placing my name watermark in this Photo I took at JFK Terminal 2).

© 2019 IMRAN™

Take One Step, Seas Life (Of Love(s Of) Life) - IMRAN™

Life is so full of ironies and visual wordplays. Take this photo of my current situation, for example. I'm standing in the cold waters of Tampa Bay on a warming afternoon, outside my blessed home.

I looked down and then up. Things were looking up and I was down with it. Engulfed by natural moistness from the Gulf, these are the thoughts that washed over me... intellectual and emotional waves of pleasure coming in and on a literal wet dreamscape... as I clicked the iPhone button to capture it all in one frame.

Everyone tells us to stay close to home, not venture too far from shore, to resist the call of the sea, to not cross the oceans. We are told to stay grounded, keep our feet firmly planted, not to rock the boat even if we are permitted to get on one.

But to the ones who were born to explore new horizons, travel the world and seven seas, cross every ocean, share the space-time continuum with kindred souls — soulmates and sail-mates, whose hearts, minds, bodies, and souls equally full of love, lust, desire, passion, adventure, and an insatiable hunger experience it all — to live lives even beyond the limits of imagination.

And it is with those distant unseen, maybe even nonexistent, ports of calling in mind, with hearts throbbing to have precious heartthrobs come along on the journey, that we venture out on the oceans of time. The irony of how even getting to the oceans calling our names sometimes means crossing rivers as obstacles along the way.

But the journey of a million lifetimes of love begins with a single step, with one look, with one kiss. Just as you start to get your feet wet, the sea of love itself rises to meet you, greet you, embrace you. And next thing you know you’re knee-deep in it. Hooked to the sea but unleashed in every sense.... nothing between where you are and where you want to be but Fate telling you the plot but you writing your Destiny.

Come, my beloveds, my sail-mates, let my words release the lines that tie you to the ordinary life, let my voice command you to your wildest dreams, let my eyes unwrap the sails draping you, let my fingers plot the poetry of our life’s journey mapped on the perfection of your body, as I penetrate the darkness of the night seas that scare you, together to open beautiful corridors like moist pink morning clouds, ready to be seen & seeded with an unbridled love of life... and an infinite life of love.

That is what I visualize from this photo. Can you see and feel it, my loves!

© 2020 IMRAN™

(I post my words from the iPhone screen as a stream of consciousness without any editing, so I often catch & fix typos or grammar issues later).

#Florida #TampaBay #ApolloBeach #love #life #lust #literature #prose #philosophy #sea #ocean #travel #lifecoach #IMRAN #gratitude #erotica #writing

On The Road Of Life, Keep Driving. (Road Trip NY-MA Fall Foliage 10 Years Ago) - IMRAN™

On the road of life, the seasons will change on you with predictable unpredictability. But do not lose sight of your destination. Remember that even after a hard fall you can always spring back. Just don't forget, time flies. See how quickly ten years flew by as this story illustrates.

After the ferry ride (www.flickr.com/photos/imrananwar/50495571767/ ) from Orient Point in New York to New London in Connecticut, I got driving the rest of the way to my meetings in the Boston, Massachusetts area. A lot of trees were still green, but it had been a dry and very windy autumn so many of the trees were already stripped bare, although it was the third week in October and I was not that far North on the eastern seaboard. I decided it was best to pull over and just do a short recording to take in the scenery. Ten years later I just set it to some music to share with you.

Take a deep breath, don't worry about the starkness you may feel surrounding you. Get back in the driving seat. It is your life after all. Get a grip, head up, eyes forward, a quick look over your shoulder to avoid unneeded risk, but do not get hung up looking backward. You're not going that way.

Get in gear, and off you go. Better places than the best destination you could have imagined are waiting for you. See you on the road soon.

© 2010-2020 IMRAN™

#autumn, #driving, #Fall, #fallfoliage, #highway, #IMRAN, #ImranAnwar, #Inspiration, #Massachusetts, #memories, #motivation, #Northeast, #roadside, #roadtrip, #timeflies, #Trees, #USA, #motivation, #lifecoach

Name: The Essence Bottle 2/The Jewel in the Lotus

“Someone who doesn’t make you their top priority isn’t worthy of being your top priority.” - IMRAN™

© 2022 IMRAN™

#quote #lifelessons #lifecoach #love #romance #relationships #dating #couples #IMRAN #relationshipgoals #relationshipquotes #relationshipadvice #relationship #priorities #selfworth #respect #selfrespect

(Always) Stop To Smell The Roses - IMRAN™

What a wonderful-winter spectacular Saturday simmering summer-like day on Tampa Bay in Florida. It’s literally HOT already even in late February. But a cool ocean breeze is wonderful in the shade.

So blessed, so grateful, so loved, so humbled, I can’t give enough thanks but, yes, I do (always) stop to smell the roses. The most powerful sweet perfume scented ones happen to be on the bushes, like this one in my Apollo Beach home driveway, are the ones I… shall we say… personally nourish and water. 😂

Kennedy, my great German Shepherd Dog, seems to be smiling at the not-so-private joke, while K2 to my right isn’t in the iPhone selfie.

© 2022 IMRAN™

#Florida #TampaBay #ApolloBeach #Germanhepherd #gratitude #blessed #loved #humor #flowers #advice #LifeCoach #3D #dog #bluesky #lifestyle #streetscene #clouds

Blossoming Natural Beauty At International Plaza Tampa Florida 3D - IMRAN™

It was a memorable and precious time spent at the mall with a gorgeous beloved goddess. As she tried on outfits which left me breathless, I was able to step out of the store to cool down. 😄 These flowers caught my eye. They may seem to be average looking flowers to most people, but they too look far more beautiful, exciting, enticing, and delightful, when experienced in 3D of real life. Let the magic blossom, no matter how frustrating and how ordinary you think something may be.

© 2019 IMRAN™

#Tampa #Florida #flowers #blossom #3D #iphonephotography #romance #exhibitionism #living #loving #dare #embrace #orange #indoors #interiordesign #noedit #prose #advice #lifecoach

Your Choices, Every Day, Every (Happy New) Year! - IMRAN™

Happiness Is A Choice, Every Day.

Living Fully Is A Choice, Every Day.

Starting Fresh Is A Choice, Every Day.

Learning Anew Is A Choice, Every Day.

Helping Others Is A Choice, Every Day.

Sharing Joy Is A Choice, Every Day.

Embracing Adventure Is A Choice, Every Day.

Loving Deeply Is A Choice, Every Day.

Make good choices, every day!

Happy New Year! Every Day, Every Year, my loved ones.

© 2023 IMRAN™

#IMRAN #IMHO #life #love #happiness #choices #HappyNewYear #inspired #inspiration #LifeCoach #LifeLessons