Black Belt grading at the Kodokan Judo Institute, Tokyo Japan

No matter where your seed falls in life, you must try your best to reach the light. A lone Ponderosa Pine along the Navajo trail at Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, USA

The yard has been in a flurry of activity from the butterflies all of a sudden. Several monarchs a day, and then yesterday the swallowtails showed up. This Pipevine Swallowtail showed up late in the afternoon and they present a challange to shoot because they constantly flutter their wings, making getting a good clean shot a challenge, I overcome this simply by holding the shutter down and hoping for a good one haha.

Das am 21. März 1934 in Betrieb genommene Schiffshebewerk Niederfinow ist das älteste noch arbeitende Schiffshebewerk Deutschlands. Es liegt am östlichen Ende des Oder-Havel-Kanals in Niederfinow/Brandenburg.

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The Niederfinow Boat Lift is the oldest working boat lift in Germany. It lies on the Oder-Havel Canal near Niederfinow in Brandenburg. The lift overcomes a difference in elevation of 36 metres.

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Atlantic windstorm on the south coast of Nova Scotia

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All lives have to endure challenges, pain and hurt, sickness, losses in many forms, things to overcome.

Sometimes the struggle is hard and frightening.

Sometimes a person finds is difficult to cope and deal with what is happening in his/her life.

There seems to be no way out or the path that has to be walked is long and uncertain.

What people need most then is love.

Love for yourself, to be loved by a partner, family and friends.

Love is the light on any (dark) path.

While going that path, you need strength. Some find it in themselves, others get strengthened by other people.

Through words, a song, a poem, art, a picture, being in nature, being surrounded by loved ones.

Whatever it is that is hard in your life, I wish for you to overcome it by LOVE and by STRENGTH. By all that is in you.

These paintings are created for that purpose. I hope they will be a guide for you on your path.

Zia Branner ♥

This lonely gravestone put me in mind of a tiny lifeboat cast adrift in a sea of autumn leaves. Autumn has a way of doing that; the fallen leaves creating a temporary disconnect between objects and their normal environment. It causes me to see things in an entirely different light. Autumn creates a striking visual metaphor for death as the lush plantlife of summer withers away. I'm always overcome with a sense of passage this time of year; for me it's as if New Year's arrives two months early. This is the dead time for me as the hope and enthusiasm of summer give way to the harsh reality of the impending northern winter. The cycles repeats. As I stood over this stone I imagined how many times it has been carpeted with the leaves of autumn. Perhaps 150? The long summer days that created these leaves now dissipating their energy like a compost of memories. The stone and seasons endure long after the poor soul entered here passed on.

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Many of my contacts know I have been battling health problems for quite some time now.. hence why i keep taking time out from Flickr.

Over the last 9 months it has gotten quite out of control, leaving me feeling very depressed, frustrated, in pain and totally uninspired ..

I have had chronic back pain for a long time now, but have been experiencing other weird 'unexplained' symptoms, especially my ongoing tinnitus/jaw/headaches pain issues ..

I finally had an appointment with a Rhumatologist earlier this week ( after waiting 3 months)

He concluded that I have Fibromyalgial Syndrome.

I remember at one stage I used to find touching my hair/head very painful, and that is one of the most common symtoms of this condition apparently..

It is a complex thing, but in my case it has probably been brought on by many years of having chronic pain, and now i have become super sensitive to any level of pain.

My body has gone so haywire with it that i have no option but to go onto strong medication ( nerve blockers)

My problems started when I was quite young with experiencing pain, and i guess my body is now saying 'No More' ! therefore my brain signals are being overloaded..

This is what I understand at this stage about it. It can be genetic as well apparently..

Different people suffer to varying degrees with it. I also have TMJ as part of it , which is one of the reasons It is may be causing the severity of my tinnitus ...

It is very similar, so I am told ( symptom wise) to MS, but not as serious ...

So I guess now the next thing for me to do is start trailing meds for it, to see which one will help me the most. Once they do start helping me, i will then have to start trying to get myself a lot healthier in order to cope long term and have better quality of life :)

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Flowers always know which way to go

their path is toward the light!

And overcoming obstacles

gives flowers much delight

Their goal it seems, is fill our dreams,

with colors bright and new.

I never tire of seeing them,

and sharing them with you.

Der Fluss hat seinen Ursprung im Chorus Lake und mündet in den Oberen See nahe der Gemeinde Terrace Bay. Der Aguasabon River ist 70 km lang. Er überwindet die 30 m hohen Aquasabon Falls. Der Fluss folgt Bruchstellen im 2,6 Mrd. alten Grundgestein. Es gibt Aufschlüsse im Gestein aus Granodiorit.

The river has its source in Chorus Lake and empties into Lake Superior near the community of Terrace Bay. The Aguasabon River is 70 km long. It overcomes the 30 m high Aquasabon Falls. The river follows fractures in the 2.6 billion old bedrock. There are outcrops in the rock of granodiorite.

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My very first image from our latest trip to The Lake District, Cumbria! The weather was extremely changeable, but we did manage to venture out every day thankfully, grabbing what shots I could here and there.

This was from our first evening and was taken at Keswick Landings, Derwent Water. This is a 40 second LE and the colours are as they were.

Hopefully I'll get time this weekend to start catching up with my many flickr friends and see what you've all been upto!

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Athletic event Manchester UK

Globe from London Enbankment

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The new-to-them QG ex-BNSF SD70MACs are completing their first winter working for the company as they pull a local out of St-Luc yard in Montreal heading for the north shore

THIS ARTIST DRAW BY HIS FOOT AND SELL HIS PAINTING ON DONG- KHOI STREET PAVEMENT.

THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN AT 1998 BY NIKON D70 FILM CAMERA.

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. . . over distant Ladhar Bheinn & Aonach Meadhoin.

And a VERY distant Rùm Cuillin pleasingly visible along the horizon.

This was an attempt to try to incorporate an unanticipated, near-full moon into a landscape photograph. With the light changing rapidly, & without the ability to move any meaningful distance, I was basically left with what lay in front of me. Finding the most appropriate focal length & a balanced composition, I'm very pleased with the outcome. Having a dose of good fortune isn't lost on me either.

I'm hoping there'll be a few of you out there who'll recognize just how fleetingly exquisite the ethereal world of mountain country can be at dawn. In the context of everyday human existence, surely life is elevated (in more ways than one) to something a little more worthwhile. A genuine sense of reverence & humbleness tends to overcome the onlooker; & these are traits that the human race is losing at an alarming rate. I'm just glad that I, unlike the majority, have seen & absorbed these places, & to have allowed their majesty to have had its positive & enlightening effect. I'm speaking as someone who is completely alienated by the modern, supposedly civilized, world.

Overcome space, and all we have left is Here. Overcome time, and all we have left is Now.

Richard Bach [Jonathan Livingston Seagull]

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Imagine a flat beach with this incoming wave. The whole surface will be dark and more or less even and unimpressive. But The obstacle in the way forces the water use force, change its shape, wrap around the rock to overcome the obstacle. And only then its beauty shows up in full.

Interesting to see the undergrowth slowly covering the fallen tree trunk.

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"And the light shines in darkness; and the darkness cannot overcome it!” (John 1:5) Jesus is the True Light of the world that no darkness can overcome. Though the days are evil and dark now, His Light will overcome the darkness to the farthest corners of the earth and by His great power He will forever rid the world of the presence of evil. Let us hasten the day of His return when every wrong will be made right and every tear will be wiped away!

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I don't think that the Protest is over

This just the first step along a road the length of which we can only guess at.

I feel that this a respite before something else occurs that is serious enough to us again We again don't know if Beta will be working when us enter on Flickr tomorrow or in few hours.

Don't become too complacent, she has not yet reacted .

This is merely the calm before the next storm , so I ask that all Administrators feel a real awareness that this is not over yet, or has not yet begun. And if they activated Beta we are all finished .Thank you and please do not finish the fight now ! ! ! !

Now they have begun to " You have been banned from......" of many groups, I DON'T MIND ! ! !.

***And do not forget the discrimination towards members of Brazil***

I love Flickr like you !!!

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Another fairly accessible waterfall on the Columbia River Gorge. Like many of the waterfalls in this area, this one was scorched by the devastating Eagle Creek Fire of 2017. You can still see charred logs in the background just in front of the waterfall. But nature is resilient, and life always seems to find a way to overcome tragedy. As you can see, the vegetation is already starting to make a come back.

This photo is a symbol of what I have overcome. My past has been long and hard, and I can honestly give the advice now, that it's okay to overcome your past.

I've had my rough spots, and so has many others.

The reality of this is, don't be afraid to move forward and leave your past, things do get better.

And the truth is good things do come to those who wait, and thats a word from the wize.

Église de la Madeleine, Paris

"D.O.M. SVB. Invoc S. M. Magdalenae" ("For God almighty and very great, under the invocation of St. Mary Magdalene")

A Perfect Circle "Magdalena"

Mer de Noms (2000)

"Overcome by your

Moving temple

Overcome by this

Holiest of altars

So pure, so rare, to witness such an earthly goddess

That I've lost my self-control, beyond compelled to throw this dollar.

Down before your

Holiest of altars

I'd sell my soul, my self-esteem a dollar at a time

For one chance, one kiss, one taste of you, my Magdalena

I bear witness to this place, this prayer, so long forgotten

So pure, so rare, to witness such an earthly goddess

That I'd sell my soul, my self-esteem a dollar at a time

For one chance, one kiss, one taste of you, my black Madonna

I'd sell my soul, my self-esteem a dollar at a time

For one taste, one taste, one taste of you, my Magdalena"

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Want to be an entrepreneur? How to overcome the first obstacle in mind? One of the items in our trainng program is walking through a pile of broken glasses barefooted. It's real and not those special glassses used in Hollywood movie that wouldn't cut. So this is a real feat.

To do this, firstly one has to overcome the fear. Take the first step as instructed and when confidence is gained, walk through the pile slowly and steadily. All of us went through this exercise safe and sound.

This exercise tells us some facts:

1 A lot of things look formidable or even fearsome. Only when you've taken a first step, then you realize that it's not what you think.

2 Your mind is your worst enemy. If it's the mind that stop you from doing something, then the first thing to tackle is your mind.

3 Once confidence is built up, there is no obstacle that you could not overcome.

with jay x, Longsight Manchester

Explored # 34

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Infrared. Thanks for viewing!

Overcoming tons of ants and mosquitos I had a short and intense photo shoot with my favorite model.. me..

to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering.” – Ben Okri

People have the false impression that I'm put together. In reality, I'm just as lost as everybody else.

But I guess I'm rambling...or whining. Feel free to flickr slap me the next time I whine. Whining is so unproductive!

EDIT: deleted the long description because this is getting a lot of traffic and I didn't want to bare my soul to a lot of people, most of whom I don't really know.

Anyways, on a lighter note, I really like how this picture turned out. I usually use one major picture and layer little elements of other pictures into it. This, on the other hand, is made from 4 major pictures, not including the butterflies.

Inspired! Check out the rest of her stream, she's amazing! :D

He was overcome by panic, fear almost gave him wings, he ran for his life with only one goal: to leave Goatswood as quickly as possible, to leave the horror behind him. He didn't know that he was in vain, he didn't know that something had already taken possession of him and would awaken a new desire in him, a new desire that was unknown to him until now, a new desire that he would never be able to fully satisfy. A lust and a power, a desire and for humanity a horror. He did not know that he had become an immortal nightmare.

Unbeknownst to himself, he had taken something from Goatwood, a relic that would accompany him for the rest of his immortal life, he held it in his hand without realising what significance it would have for the rest of all time.

He became The immortal nightmare of Whitechapel

The End?

Taken at Goatwood

Read the full storry in the Flickr Album The Goatswood Mystery - The search for Goatswood of Galagan Raymaker

A seed taking root on a six inch concrete ledge and surviving ? Go figure . HWW

For you both … a rose bud from my garden taken today, full of hope though Summer has gone. Note the three hearts on its tender petals … the past … the present … the future … all are identical … all have the same capacity to love … to feel … to remember … What took me into the garden was a butterfly that appeared at my living room window … a message that all will be well. When I went outside the butterfly had gone, but I noticed this beautiful rose bud. All things can be overcome. Sometimes it requires an enormous leap of faith, but I believe in the possibilities. If not, then you can make sweet memories out of this one great love you found. Let the experience that enriched your lives continue to enrich them and take you forward to a future that makes good use of these precious memories, so that none are wasted. Perhaps one day you will meet again and this here and now is not your time. Take heart; take comfort in the certain knowledge that you were truly loved. Not everyone is so lucky to have that beautiful experience … stay blessed, my dear and beautiful friends <3

“Rise above the storm and you will find the sunshine.”

~ Mario Fernandez

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NOT TODAY – IMAGINE DRAGONS

Life is so transient

the ever-changing light

dims a little for me now

when once it beamed so bright

can you shine a little of

your smile on me tonight

so I can bask in it's warm glow

calm down internal fight

how many questions can I ask myself

no answers; just fight or flight

a resolution to this situation

is hard; I try with all my might

I am hanging out to dry

my feelings; high as a childhood kite

dip and dive and rise again

wind takes me; keeps the string so tight

heartstrings are tugged; the pain still hurts

one day it will be dull; alight

with glowing embers; fan the flames

the words I speak seem so contrite

what is my heart without your love

what are my arms that held you tight

I have no use for things like this

I'd give my all; these things that bite

and scar me with their uselessness

I need your love to end my plight

in time I guess I'll carry on

the scars will heal; I'll be alright

but just for now within this moment

the dark encroaches; snuffs the light

and all the yearning that rocks my soul

tears me limb from limb this night

the sun sets on another day

a fitful sleep; a heavenly sight

to see you once more in my dreams

fills my heart with sheer delight

how is it possible to wake up now

to watch the sunrise; clouds full and white

soft nuances of sweet memories

filter through suffused with light

and I am one with everything

peace finds me; I'm not yet healed; not quite

but it's a good start to this day

knowing you're not far away

I rest my head and as I lay

I whisper thank you; this heady height

propels me forward to where I can find

a peaceful life; a tranquil mind

at one with all that is so kind

good morning world;

good 'morrow;

and goodnight.

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NYC, 2021

The feeling that life is renewed with each new year is a magical spice that fills us with energy to face the new challenges.

Yes, we already know that life is hard. But living in pursuit of a dream is essential. After all, dreaming is the first step on this great ladder that leads us to the point. Hurry, don't loose the show of your life !

Bon Jovi - It's My Life youtu.be/vx2u5uUu3DE

For whatever is born of God overcomes the world: 1 John 5:4

Life is a series of waves to be embraced and overcome.

Danny Meyer

My wife visiting the Lake Superior waves.