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The creative mind plays with the object it loves.
- Carl Gustav Jung
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Method 'Universe'
The whole life seems to be a whirlpool of lessons. Some of them are easy to learn, the other one demand hard effort, the third should be repeated a lot of times before we finally understand them.
We all deal with problems in our life. I believe that there is always a way out of the problem. But sometimes it seems that we have tried all the ways, but it still isn't working. Of course it is easy to get frustrated, but it demands a great effort to try once again or develop a new solution.
There is such a problem in my life that has been accompany me for a long time. It doesn't matter which one in particular, but I would like to share my method of dealing with the problem. When dealing with the problem there are two typical reactions of a human being. The first one is to try to solve the problem, which seems to be quiet logical in this respect ('Something bothers me a lot. What can I do about it? I can get rid of the irritant'). The other reaction is to pretend that there is no problem at all. People do it out of fear hoping that one day the problem melts away by its own initiative (if we ever agree that a problem has initiative).
The second variant seems to be helpful sometimes, but I usually compare problems to animals. Suppose you have a small problem that brings negativity into your life, but still you can live with it. Just imagine your problem in a form of a baby giraffe in your room. Isn't that cute? If you don't like giraffes you can simply pretend that you don't see it, you can try to play with it or you can even feel sorry for it (as we all like to do), but sooner or later your baby giraffe grows up to a grown-up giraffe and it doesn't even fit into your room. Such way of dealing with the problem can help you to forget about the issue for a small period of time, but it won't protect you from an inevitable clash against the giraffe. That is why I suggest not to use this deadlock way of dealing with a problem.
The first variant seems to be reasonable, but it is easy to debate about it, then to handle. We shouldn't forget that the very first reactions of a human being to the problem's emergence are panic, frustration and despair. We are emotional creatures. And it sometimes becomes really hard to calm down. When the pressure from the problem gets too high I use the so-called method 'Universe'. It helps me to remind the real meaning of my life problems. Whenever you feel exhausted by the problem just imagine the universe and the true size of your problem in the universe. We pay too much attention at our problems, probably, because of the confidence that we mean a lot in this world or out of sensitivity. Our planet is like a beautiful dust particle in the universe and your personal problem is even smaller. Problem are not given to value them, they are given to learn something. Sometimes even something life changing.
To be honest, I try to treat any problem as a challenge. And I personally should admit that I like challenges as it is a true way in understanding who you are. So next time you deal with a problem just imagine how little it means in the sense if the whole universe. Each day is given to learn a lesson from. Don't give up, just be ready to take some notes and write down your homework.
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For 52.5 of 2010 Theme: This is me and Weekend Assignment and Contest Group
Theme: Out of Place
This is me in my closet showing off all my thrift store finds (Savers is the best thrift store). I never realized how much clothes I had from there until now!
With the image I'd also like to share a little life lesson, popularity doesn't mean S#%@ once you leave highschool and enter the real world. I wasn't at all popular in school but now I'm happy and happily married with two dogs and my husband and I are 22 and 24 we our own house, I've run into some of the more popular girls I went to school with and you know what their not any better off or happier than I am, in fact some of them are worse off. Hope this gives hope to any teens out there who feel like they're a nobody just because their not popular, once you graduate no one will care about what you wear, what music you listen to, the time you dropped your tray in the cafeteria, got stuffed into a trash can (true story) or made the mistake of cutting your own hair and who knows maybe one day you'll be happier than them too.
Let me acknowledge that 'The Word' means many things to different people. Here, the reference is to a specific passage in the Bible.
When I was well into my 2nd marriage, I just began to understand the following: "Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and cling to his wife and they shall become one flesh."
~ Genesis 2:24
When a person partners and chooses to begin a new family, the direction of life is forward and not stuck in ancient conflicts with his/her family of origin.
Yes, forward into the new, that too is Heritage. HMM!
One day my photography friend was discussing with me about Buddhism and photography. He mentioned one of the popular Zen Buddhist teachings in the following verse. It describes the three levels of learning in Zen Buddhist teaching.
Level 1: Seeing mountain as mountain, seeing water as water.
Level 2: Seeing mountain NOT as mountain, seeing water NOT as water.
Level 3: Seeing mountain STILL as mountain, seeing water STILL as water.
We recognize that the same analogy applies to photographic learning process too.
At the very beginning, we are snap shooters. Everything in the world is interesting and they are just what they are. Mountains as mountain and water as water.
Once you are more experienced and learned, you see the scenes as a display of tones, colors, shapes, lines, textures and other compositional elements (e.g. frames etc). Therefore mountains NOT as mountains anymore, water NOT as water anymore.
When you move up to next level of learning, then all the compositional elements are serving you as tools of expression. Mountains STILL as mountains, water STILL as water.
I think this is the stage most difficult to be described.
It reminds me the words of Diane Arbus.
“The thing that’s most important to know is that you never know. You’ve always sort of feeling your way.” - Diane Arbus
I guess I was still in level 2 and seeing things as textures, tones and shapes when I took this picture with my compact camera during my Canadian Rockies trip.
It was taken at a small creek near Bow Lake. I always like to shoot scenes that people could not identify the location. You may say this is somewhere in Vancouver!!
Happy Monday and happy week ahead!
...you may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call “failure” is not the falling down, but the staying down. - Mary Pickford
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A Dog’s Life: Kennedy Bravely Faced Every Challenge With A Smile - IMRAN®
At the end of March 2024, I took my beloved German Shepherd, Kennedy, to the vet. He had started having difficulty not only going to the bathroom but also urinating—symptoms he had never displayed before. I brought him to the veterinary clinic on Apollo Beach Boulevard, hoping for answers.
As K2 and I waited, the doctor approached me with Kennedy. With a mix of compassion and honesty, she gently shared heartbreaking news: Kennedy didn’t have a typical blockage. Instead, he had an aggressive, inoperable tumor that had grown rapidly, making it impossible for him to pass anything through his system.
Brave as always, Kennedy had tried countless times but simply couldn’t. My world shattered as I realized I had to make the unfathomable decision of how much time I could spend with him before saying goodbye forever. I saw tears in the doctor’s eyes as she revealed she had faced the same sorrow with her own dog just a year before.
In a video I recorded at home one year ago, you can hear my voice tremble with emotion as I fought back tears while talking to Kennedy. Despite everything, he remained steadfast—bravely smiling, a true testament to his loving, loyal nature.
It’s been a year since that moment, and even now, as I type these words, I am overcome with grief, crying like a child. Kennedy, Best Dog Ever.
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My yard wrens have been bringing their young to my yard for bug hunt lessons. At least 3 babies, maybe more so it seems there are wrens all over my yard. This is a parent & child in a planter full of lantana. The parent is in front.
Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus)
Garland, Tx
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He who has not lost his head over some things has no head to lose.
- Jean Paul Richter
Only You Can Get You From Your Circumstances To Your Dreams - IMRAN™
You’re not alone. No matter what you’re facing. Are you having a difficult day? Don’t despair. Feeling frustrated by fate? Face it. Challenged by circumstances? Change to counter them. Depressed by developments? Deny doubts and doldrums. Where you are or what you’re going through may not have been in your control. How you deal with it and how you adjust attitude, proactively plan, efficiently execute, and boldly build back what you’ve lost is in Your control. Only you can get you to your dream destination and glorious goals. Take a deep breath, take that first step, to turn adversity that would defeat an average person into opportunity ordinary people don’t dare dream of. Only you can make you be, and achieve, the extraordinary.
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"The man who has no imagination has no wings.”~Muhammad Ali
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Explore #353 on Wednesday, March 10, 2010
A Nepalese dancer performing in a traditional group dance at BOBMC-RM in Pokhara, Nepal.
An interesting thing about the dancers was that their group comprised men and women of varied ages. Some dancers were quite senior while others looked really young. The gentle pace of the dance meant that the seniors and youngsters were on the same page.
People usually differ in their capabilities, whether inherently or induced by the vagaries of time. This can be frustrating for the driven. But then, beautiful things can also be created if one slows down for the disparate, to forge meaningful collaborations.