Striving Amateurs
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We all strive to be the best we can be, whether that be for family, work, friends etc. How often do we take the time to be the best we can be for ourselves? How often do we take the time to recognise how beautiful we are, as souls, as beings? How often do we tell ourselves that we are enough...just as we are? It has taken me 44 years to start asking myself this question.
Last night, my son, who has complex needs and disabilities, hugged me tightly and said "I love you mummy". Not because he was asked to, but because he wanted to. "You're the best mummy in the world".
After I held him tightly and told him how much I love him, he wriggled free and was lost in his spinning world again.
But to me, that was the world, that was everything. And I allowed myself to see, for the first time in 44 years, that despite everything, I must be the best for my son, does this mean I can also be the best for me?
Epiphanies are best shared with people you truly admire and respect, which is why I'm sharing this 💜
“Dream the impossible dream, fight the unbeatable foe, strive with your last once of courage to reach the unreachable star.”
First of all, apologies for not having been around. I’ve been following his example of staring into the distance and striving for a complete state of comatose oblivion. And obviously, this worked rather well for me and him. Even though I recently picked up the camera again, did not really find anything worthwhile to record. My lack of motivation was and is a contributing factor.
Merry Christmas to all of you and having the best of intentions to post some more. Same as last year, I still dislike Christmas songs intensely, so I am using this one as an alternate.
"With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world"
Desiderata
Max Ehrman
ערב ראש השנה תשע"ז
שנה טובה!
War is not a game! Stop the hate, start the love!!!
Thank you for your kind visit. Have a wonderful and beautiful day! ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
When our leaders understand that no weapon or ammunition is conducive to dialogue for peace and stop manufacturing and buying them, then peace will be reborn for the good and happiness of humanity.... → Unfortunately this is an utopia, but I say it anyway !
"This world is a cage of fools where war, peace, love, hate, anger, jubilation, boredom, pleasure, martyrdom follow one another in turn and play on us".
When, in loopy lupin land, all around him the masses have lost their heads, this tired, storm ridden maverick lupin stands alone, relentlessly pushing towards the light.....
In our garden
The Men Jail Event [February 8th]
*Coming Soon*
◎ Staying About by Poseology Poses
◎ Cushion Socks Essentials by NOCHE
◎ Loyalty Tattoo by >MM<
◎ Togym Bento Gloves by [LOB]
◎ Sweater Pants by DossiEr
Chaos is inherent in all compounded things. Strive on with diligence.
Buddha
In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside of you.
Deepak Chopra
Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Melody Beattie
Political chaos is connected with the decay of language... one can probably bring about some improvement by starting at the verbal end.
George Orwell
Art, in itself, is an attempt to bring order out of chaos.
Stephen Sondheim
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“Everyone strives after the law,” says the man, “so how is that in these many years no one except me has requested entry?” The gatekeeper sees that the man is already dying and, in order to reach his diminishing sense of hearing, he shouts at him, “Here no one else can gain entry, since this entrance was assigned only to you. I’m going now to close it.”
—Franz Kafka, “Before the Law”
Hanksville, Utah
20-10-2022; 01:00 UTC 325;37;4
The Alban Tower and the bell tower of Katedralja Orthodhokse 'Ngjallja e Krishtit' in the city center of Tirana, Albanien.
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“The mountains are calling and I must go.”
John Muir (also known as "John of the Mountains")
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Langwiedboden at an altitude of 2000 meters, an intermediate mountain station for climbing to the Top of Salzburg viewing platform at an altitude of 3029 metres.
Kitzsteinhorn mountain in the Central Eastern Alps, Austria
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See my new pictures in the "My Travels" album:
Summit of the foothills
www.flickr.com/photos/paradox_m/52467503895
The magical world of alpine glaciers
www.flickr.com/photos/paradox_m/51321325971
Journey to the emerald lake
www.flickr.com/photos/paradox_m/51306512183
Tranquil autumn morning on the alpine lake
www.flickr.com/photos/paradox_m/51291984294
The last rays of the alpine sun
www.flickr.com/photos/paradox_m/51277565722
Road not to be forgotten
www.flickr.com/photos/paradox_m/51262706747
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Стремление к высоте
"Горы зовут, и я должен идти".
Джон Мьюир (известный также как "Джон гор")
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Лангвайдбоден на высоте 2000 метров, промежуточная горная станция для подъема на смотровую площадку "Вершина Зальцбурга", 3029 метров.
Гора Кицштайнхорн, Центрально-Восточные Альпы, Австрия
Happiness is the absence of striving for happiness.
La felicità sta nell’assenza della lotta per la felicità.
Chang-Tzu
Shirt: [ ERAUQS ] - Will Shirt w/ Tank Top
Skin; leLAPEAU - Evo X - Noel Skin
Head: LeLUTKA Eon Head 3.1
Necklace: ROZOREGALIA_hi/low*NECKLACE(Propose)
Hair: Vango. Rick
Pose/furniture: Cheeky Pea, Ethereal hanging bed and Ethereal Arbour (Kustom 9)
Hair: Truth, Candy - variety
Mesh Head: S@R, Hybrid Avatar Head - Nea Milky-White
Head Band: +half-deer+, Forest's Tale Flower Crown
Body: Belleza, Venus - V3
Bracelets: .tsg. Candy (group gift)/ +half-deer+, Forest's Tale - Petals and pearls bracelet
Dress: Moon Amore, Selene Dress - Pink
Striving, rising, arriving, accepting, reaching, yearning, learning .....
~ Prajna Paramita Hrdaya Sutram 心經梵唱 - The Shore Beyond 彼岸 (黃慧音 Imee Ooi) ~
I have. been looking for ideas and read the following article that I have based this work upon:
The Mystery of Life
Muhammad Taqi Ja'fari
Positive Mysticism
www.al-islam.org/mystery-life-muhammad-taqi-jafari/positi...
I hope that my work makes sense to you!
With heartfelt and genuine thanks for your kind visit. Have a wonderful and beautiful day, be well, keep your eyes open, appreciate the beauty surrounding you, enjoy creating, stay safe and laugh often! ❤️❤️❤️
My heart to yours for eternity my sweet one
I love and adore you more than anything
and there I strive to always make you proud and happy.
My heart to yours for eternity
because my heart, my essence and very soul are all yours.
I love you my darling and with true love for you
my heart overflows pure rivers of gold.
You are the most precious thing in this world,
you are it's beauty and in joy that makes me cry.
My heart to yours for eternity because of
the most special and sacred bond that we so deeply share.
Could you feel its power to when we first met?
I think you could but must ask,
I think you did because we are both so very shy
and in so many ways opened up to each other
that with others we could not or would dare not,
all that kept us back was that last bit of shyness
which kept us from saying our love directly,
when we looked at each other though everyone could see it.
It was mentioned to me so very often
and I've always known you are who I cherished and wanted.
My heart to yours for eternity because you
are my Queen and sweet Angel.
You are so darling and my heart melts and sing for thee.
My heart to yours for all eternity because it aches
so very much when you aren't near to me
and when we are not talking.
Even now when I'm smiling I ache and yearn
for the beautiful woman I adore and love,
I pray you are not angry even though I don't feel that you are,
my heart longs to give you sweet kisses
and hold you so close sharing sweet warmth.
My heart to yours for eternity because
you are my dream and only true love,
I want to marry you and be with you for all time.
My heart to yours for eternity because you are my light,
you are my hope, you are my northern star and a diamond in the rough.
My heart is yours and forever it shall be to no end,
My heart to yours singing my favorite songs of love
and writing poetry just for you through eternity my dear.
Mitt bidrag till Fotosöndag och veckans tema «vårkänslor».
My contribution for this week's theme «spring feelings»; for the Swedish photo group Fotosondag.
If you're going to do something, strive to do it better than anyone else. Do it all the way. If you're going to half-ass it, why bother?
[Ashly Lorenzana]
Tunnel through the rhododendron, Scaly Mountain Trail, Nantahala National Forest
Pentax K-1
SMC Pentax 1:5.5 55mm
Iridient Developer
Ausgehend vom kreisrunden, zentralen Platz, auf dem ein Friedhof zu finden ist, streben ein paar Straßen dem Wasser entgegen. Hier stehen ausschließlich Häuser aus vergangenen Jahrhunderten. Alle Gräber des Friedhofs zeigen übrigens nach Osten. Vielleicht konnte sich der Stadtteil in dieser Form nur erhalten, weil über Jahrhunderte Holm eine Insel war. Erst 1933 wurde das Fischerquartier mit dem Festland verbunden.
Starting from the circular, central square, where a cemetery can be found, a few streets strive towards the water. Only houses from past centuries stand here. By the way, all graves in the cemetery point to the east. Perhaps the district was only able to survive in this form because Holm was an island for centuries. It was not until 1933 that the fishing quarters were connected to the mainland.
"Il mare insegna ai marinai sogni che poi i porti spengono." Bernard Giradeau.
Prima o poi bisogna trovare il coraggio di uscire fuori dal porto, per non dimenticare quanto più emozionante è il solcare il mare.
Buona giornata
PS: Foto di archivio, un bellissimo tramonto illumina le barche, ormai vuote, dei pescatori di un piccolo porto del sud della Sicilia. Foto scattata a mano libera con obbiettivo grandangolare, 10mm.
Life and death are of supreme importance. Time swiftly passes by and opportunity is lost. Each of us should strive to awaken. Awaken! Take heed, do not squander your life.”
― Dōgen
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OKUNOIN is the largest cemetery in the country. Located on Mount Koya (高野山 Koya-san) in Wakayama Prefecture (和歌山県), that cemetery does not just contain an estimated 200,000 graves, but a site which is sacred to the Shingon School of Buddhism, being where the mausoleum of the sect’s founder, Kukai or Kobo-Daishi, is located and where he is said to lie in eternal meditation.
The cemetery, together with the mausoleum at the end of a 2 kilometre walk through the cemetery is in fact a pilgrimage site for Shingon Buddhism, one of the mainstream schools of Buddhism in Japan