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Last of this sad note photos...
In today's society with the anger out there... remember kindness. Many of us that put our heart and souls into our jobs, our friends/family... after a while finally break.
This song I chose because this man has one of the most amazing voices through out his career.
✈️ : The Outer Garden
I hurt myself today
To see if I still feel
I focus on the pain
The only thing that's real
The needle tears a hole
The old familiar sting
Try to kill it all away
But I remember everything
What have I become
My sweetest friend
Everyone I know goes away
In the end
And you could have it all
My empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt
Gotta keep, gotta keep, gotta keep your head up
Gotta keep, gotta keep, gotta keep your head up
Gotta keep, gotta keep, gotta keep your head up
Who puts you first?
Find someone who loves you at your worst
✈️ : Breath of Nature
I wouldn't wanna be anybody else.
You made me insecure
Told me I wasn't good enough
But who are you to judge
When you're a diamond in the rough
I'm sure you got some things
You'd like to change about yourself
But when it comes to me
I wouldn't want to be anybody else
Na na na
Na na na
Na na na
Na na na
I'm no beauty queen
I'm just beautiful me
Na na na
Na na na
You've got every right
To a beautiful life
C'mon
Who says
Who says you're not perfect
Who says you're not worth it
Who says you're the only one that's hurting
Trust me
That's the price of beauty
Who says you're not pretty
Who says you're not beautiful
Who says
It's such a funny thing
How nothing's funny when it's you
You tell 'em what you mean
But they keep whiting out the truth
It's like a work of art
That never…
This was such an amazing Day! Plus I had an amazing group of people support me and there aren't enough ways to say thank you!!
The list of people to thank is numerous. Miles you especially were there and made me realize maybe I can do this.
Thank you everyone for your ongoing support and fav's and comments. As I continue to learn and grow as a photographer artist in SL, I am so blessed.
They always come for the wild ones
They always come for the freaks
I don't fit quite like they like it and now they've come for me
They always wanna change me
They wanna make me weak
I don't keep quiet like they like it and now they've come for me
An easy target, an easy mark
But how you think I got this far?
I'll turn to face you
Then I'll erase you
Before I do
I'll take this moment like I own it
Ain't seen the last of me
'Cause I will be the last one standing
Walk through the fire, it takes me higher
Ain't seen the last of me
'Cause I will be the last one standing
I won’t let you kill me
Not like you could
They say you only die one time and Imma make mine good
You think you got me cornered
But here's what you don’t know
You didn’t get the best of me
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Be you.
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Guest model: Anonymous
Originally featured on the April 2021 cover of Attention SL Magazine.
We all have a light within us, even when we feel dull, stale, broken, or just ordinary. Your light is unique, let it shine so others around you can appreciate you for who you are. Your light will shine bright as you see your own worth and beauty, and it will shine brighter as you see the light in others.
"Reflect on the day. Reflect on the thought. Reflect ongoingly even when you are distraught. Reflect to find answers. Reflect to appreciate. Reflect on no endless boundary. Just Reflect...
Sometimes what we do not see is already reflections of us. Often what is hidden is never buried deep..."-K. Marshall
“We have never understood why men mount the heads of animals and hang them up to look down on their conquerors. Possibly it feels good to these men to be superior to animals, but it does seem that if they were sure of it they would not have to prove it. Often a man who is afraid must constantly demonstrate his courage and, in the case of the hunter, must keep a tangible record of his courage. For ourselves, we have had mounted on a small hardwood plaque one perfect borrego [bighorn sheep] dropping. And where another man can say, "There was an animal, but because I am greater than he, he is dead and I am alive, and there is his head to prove it," we can say, "There was an animal, and for all we know there still is and here is proof of it. He was very healthy when we last heard of him.”
― John Steinbeck, The Log from the Sea of Cortez
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Strobist: AB1600 with gridded 60X30 softbox camera left. Triggered by Cybersync.
"Just because you are soft doesn't mean you are not a force. Honey and Wildfire are both the color gold." ~ Victoria Erickson (Author - Edge Of Wonder)
“Voyage upon life's sea, to yourself be true, and whatever your lot may be, paddle your own canoe..”
Sarah Bolton
Thank you to all my dear friends who help me see in past year that I am good enough. I wish you all a better year ahead xx
They say many things about critics. That everyone is one, that you're your own worst one. But they say other things too. For example, Fall down seven times, get up eight. You're never going to be everyone's cup of tea, so please toss another cube of sugar in your cup and be a little sweeter to yourself. You have love to give and are loved. It's an awfully scary thing to do, but try to pry open the fist holding your heart and let light in, little bits at a time. Take whatever time you need. You will lose lots of things. Your keys, one mitten, weight, grandparents, love, trust, your way, and sometimes faith. Don't worry, these things come back to you in a different form, in a way that suits you much better.
Your childheart came here to to write a story
The one you are meant to live
With all its cast of characters and dramatic unfoldings
Romances, heartbreaks, adventures,
Triumphs and tragedies
Heroism and horrors,
We choose such a variety of themes
Beware the greater narrative
Which contains the multitude in Itself
Where we can lose ourselves
Pay too much attention
Get sucked into the plotlines of others
Become unwitting extras
Extracted from our own Imagination
Incentivized with fame and fortune
Lured into ambitious participation
The mind is relinquished for a shiny prize
As the heart is denied again and again
The storyteller is slowly poisoned
Into submission away from the one true purpose
To be the designer of Its own destiny
Zombie- like compliance activates massive herding
Confusion coaxes obedience through lies
Storylines are smashed apart and rerouted
Comfort and order become cages of refuge
The few monopolize the ignorant many
Darkness and fear breed distrust
Hopelessness spreads its false inevitability
But always travelling in that glorious night sky
Filled with the blaze of a million suns
Your star waits to lead you home
Re-activate the inner creative urge
Resusitate that inner playful child
Eager to pour out with epic proportion
While staying true to the undying quest:
“Know Thyself”
GF April 18, 2022
ArtQuesting is simply the process of allowing a freeflow process to happen while exploring inner thoughts and feelings. The message of this piece was personal and revealing but there is always a greater message that pours out for me to share with you. Today's encouragment is to remind you that your story is there inside of you always waiting to be experienced and shared. The power of the whole Universe and the symbol of the star are always there to draw from. Remember John Lennon's famous song line:
"You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you will join us and the world will live as one."
To dream from the heart and bring them forth is our birthright and the more we practice, the more profound life becomes.
Sending out love to all of you!!!
Remember, if you are not actively imagining the world you want, there are those all too ready to build it for you and cast you involuntarily into its design:
“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
Words are powerful. I believe that. This is something we are all working on believing at our house. Especially my daughter.
Preconcieved notions; I'm so sick of people thinking they know who I am. I assure you, they don't. I've sold my soul to very, very few people in this world. They're the only ones who know everything about me (or almost) and therefore, one would assume, the only ones with the right to judge. And yet, there are hundreds of people, people you pass in the street every day, people you work with and casually recognise, and even people who know you as friends, who think they know who you are. They think they understand you, have the right to make decisions for you, can tell you how you're feeling, but they're wrong. I'm sick of being 'that girl'. I'm sick of being someone with a legacy, the girl who___, the one who always ___, isn't she the one who ____? How do you know me? You don't.
Someone told me that they think I'm much more confident than I seem. Than I seem? Do you think I'm not confident? I guess that yeah, in reality, I do tend to act quite coy, and I'm occasionally afraid, but I'll talk to anyone who I believe wants to talk to me, I like being close to people and I like speaking out, I'm not afraid to be wrong. Body image wise, I'm not, nor will I ever be, perfect, and yet I can live with who I am. It doesn't make me unhappy, because there are people around me who accept me for who I am.
At a party, thursday night, a girl I've never properly spoke to stood with me, and she chatted to me. 'I've never been kissed properly', she told me. 'I've just been called frigid, and it hurt.' I know that I barely knew her, but this hit me. "Frigid; without warmth or feeling." How dare they judge this girl? Assume she didn't want to be kissed, or wasn't willing to, or wasn't necessarily any good at it, when they'd never given her ample chance? Unless they'd tried to kiss her (which they hadn't) how could they say such a thing? This girl is beautiful; petite and sweet, friendly and charming, and this guy had ruined her night because he'd judged her. I told her he wasn't worth bothering over, that she'd be the one who'd end up with the happy, trusting relationship and she'd be the one who ended up happy, but I knew how she felt. I've been there. I've been called it to, and to what purpose? The guys that called me it weren't ever worth crying over, they called me allsorts and generally tried to make me unhappy. But not one of them had ever tried being close to me, and yet they thought they had the right to come to such assumptions. I'm not. It's such a hideous belief. I hope karma gets people like them, since they deserve it.
/rant over. It's just so unnessecary.
Today, I was supposed to revise. Instead, I biked a few villages away and sat on a park bench eating ice cream and reading a magazine. Later, I met Ed and we wandered round the local villages taking pictures.
Sorry. I created a tumblr, if you value my sanity you'll follow me, please? :)
To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance.
~ Oscar Wilde
My first borage blossoms opened today!
Photo of borage blossoms blended with a text layer and a texture layer (texture by Kim Klassen) (Adobe Photoshop CS4).
"Your opinion of yourself, and to a slightly lesser extent, the opinions of those that Love you are the only opinions you should ever concern yourself with."
"Finding happiness and fulfillment within is priceless and every other opinion is effectively pointless in the long run."
Period.
Folks have been asking how Em did down at Nationals and I've been trying to think of how to relate it, because it's more than just she won or she lost...
Lets start with the facts:
1. Em didn't win the National Title.
2. She didn't make the Top 15.
3. She didn't win either of the two optionals she entered.
4. I couldn't be happier about any of that.
I watched Em "compete" against 67 other girls under the age of 7 for a "National Title" this last Thanksgiving week. There were precious few of that Top 15 that had a whole lot of the little girl that should be there left in them. I am not talking about there being a bunch of girls that acted like they were older. Even Em does that from time to time, I think every kid does. I am talking about little girls, many of which were shells of the children they should be, even when there was no competition to be had.
And after watching them interact, I blame no one else but their parents.
Don't get me wrong, she made friends. We met some really nice, well adjusted people. They were the exception to the rule, and that just doesn't compute for me.
When it was all over, we were going to go out for a celebratory supper with the family of the Sweetheart Division winner for Alaska, the next age group up from Em's.
While Mom was getting ready, Em and I had a moment:
Em: *out of the blue* "I'm sad, Papa. I really wanted to win."
Me: "I know, Honey. I'm sorry. Did you do the best you could? Did you play fair and were you polite to the other girls?"
Em: "Yeah. I think I did." *pauses* "I dunno..."
Me: "Well, the thing to remember from this whole thing is that if you do the best you can, no matter what it is that you are doing, even if you don't win or place or whatever, is that there is nothing else you could do. Everything else is out of your control, and that's something you can hold on to. Your best. It doesn't matter if you are doing pageants, or playing baseball or doing a spelling bee or whatever. "
**Pause while she tries her best to digest what I just said. : )**
Me: "I know that's hard for you to understand right now. Try it this way... What I'm trying to say is that your opinion of yourself, what *you* think, well, it's the only thing, and I really mean the only thing that will ever matter, Em. Ever. Today? Well, today you found out the opinion of 5 grown ups who don't even know you. That's all."
**She fights with her brother for a minute, because he's a boy and annoying and then she stops and looks at the bed in the hotel for a bit...**
Em: "Do you mean that if I think I should have won, I really did?"
Me: *chuckling* "Sorta. Another way to say it is that if you're happy with yourself, if you tried your best, and you really know it in your heart? Then, yeah. :-) You really did win something, Em. Much more than Jenna (Overall Winner from NJ) did today. Much, much more. You won something that you never, ever have to give up. Next year? Next year she has to give up her crown and title. Not you. What you won, you never have to let go of. Ever."
**She looks right at me, and says...**
Em: "Papa? I gotta go potty."
Me: *laughing* "Off you go."
**She comes back in a little and says...**
Em: "I think I did the best I could, Papa. I guess I could have smiled more or something, but I just wasn't happy."
Me: "Were you sad? Nervous?"
Em: "I wasn't sad. I just wasn't happy!" *puts hands on hips.* "Papa?!? It's really hard to smile when you're not happy. It's hard to fake it!"
Me: "I'm glad you said that. I wouldn't want you to be any other way."
Em: "But I'm happy now!"
**She smiles. A pause. Then Jacob stretches a little while watching some TV and gently touches her with his foot.**
Em: "STOP IT, JACOB! LEAVE ME ALONE, DANGIT!"
And just like that, everything is back to the norm and the talk changes to Disney World and Blizzard Beach for the next three days. Just a little girl and her family on a great vacation.
Just as it should be. :-)
1. The foundation for all self-worth is the awareness that we are God’s own creation, made in his own image.
Genesis 1:27 God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. (NASB)
Genesis 2:7 Then the LORD God formed man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being. (NASB)
Genesis 2:21–22; Luke 12:7; Psalm 139:13–14
2. Knowing that God valued us enough to send his own Son to die for us makes life truly meaningful.
John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. (ESV)
Jeremiah 31:3 The LORD appeared to him from afar, saying, “I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have drawn you with lovingkindness.” (NASB)
Ephesians 1:6; 2:4–7; 1 Peter 1:18–20; 1 John 4:10
3. We must find significance in our relationship to God, not in ourselves or in others.
Micah 6:8 He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? (ESV)
1 Peter 2:9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. (NIV)
John 15:15–16; 2 Corinthians 5:17–18; Ephesians 2:10
4. Knowing God personally makes life truly meaningful, not physical qualities, intellect, or achievements.
Jeremiah 9:23–24 Thus says the LORD: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches, but let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the LORD who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth. For in these things I delight, declares the LORD.” (ESV)
Ephesians 1:18 I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people. (NIV)
Ephesians 3:17–20; Philippians 3:8–10
5. Reliance on self can be a dangerous trap.
Romans 12:3 For through the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think; but to think so as to have sound judgment, as God has allotted to each a measure of faith. (NASB)
2 Corinthians 1:8–9
Biblical Narratives
• Elijah, deeply discouraged, 1 Kings 19:4, 10
• Job, feeling worthless, Job 3:11–13; 9:21
• David’s struggles, Psalm 22:6; 31:11
Practical Steps
• Work on being a man of sacrificial living, thinking of the needs of others and doing something about those needs. When you are giving out, it becomes less about you and more about others.
• Keep a daily journal of meaningful expressions of service and kindness you have accomplished for others.
• Memorize and meditate on Jeremiah 9:23–24. Consider carefully why intellect, power, and riches don’t cut it for true meaning in life.
Keith R. Miller, Quick Scripture Reference for Counseling Men (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 2014), 260–262.
Call me old fashioned if you like, but I believe this beautiful young Japanese girl could teach a lot of young western women a thing or two.
As seen on the tourist trail in Bath city centre, Somerset.
i really believe in pride
:D
and i believe that acceptance is a quality in humans that isnt strong enuff...
we should love each other for who we are...
View On Black
Lots of us don't like our reflection when we look in the mirror ... but how many of us see a distorted image due to the pressure we face from airbrushed models? Food for thought!
14/365. November 25th 2006.
Return of the tripod.
(I did not have a pumpkin so this will have to do)
Got this one right the first shot. I did not edit the colors; I surrounded the main object of focus with beige-ish colors to make it pop out more.
ETA: I decided not to crop anything in this picture. I like how the size of the bottom space matches the size of the visible shirtsleeves. It creates a balance and additional depth of focus. I'm not afraid of a little extra space in a picture :)
Concept: stop trying to be somebody you're not. Instead, love who you are. Put your energy into that.
I wish i had a story that was worth listening to.
this is written in eyeliner. yes im wearing a shirt. yes this is overly grainy. yes i hate flickr for it.
cologne - 27.11.2013
Today there was parents evening in Antony's school. We talked with different teachers about the situation in the class and we got some very useful hints for the future. Nevertheless, beside the lectureship school is also a kind of punishment and gratification institution which is very disputable. Everything is aligned to boost the self-confidence not the feeling of self-worth of a human being... but this is only my humble opinion and nothing more. Thanks folks for following my s**t on flickr.
I have been thinking a lot about choices, the choices that I have made and the choices that I will be asked to make in the future. It is more and more clear to me all the time that in most past situations that I felt I had little control. in reality the fact that I was in the situation at all came down to the choices that I had made somewhere along the line. I am beginning to see that while I get really stressed out about making decisions that in the end I am more stressed out when I feel powerless to control my own future. The power is in the choices. I have usually either made a snap decision because I waited to long or I have simply ignored issues that needed to have action until the choices where limited or the decision was made for me in some way.
I have to let go of somethings and realize that I need to be able to make the right choices for myself and my family, I can't always make other people happy, I have searched for the approval of others and so often it was denied to me, but I realize now that some people just won't give it up, no matter what I do. So from here on out, I am putting it all on red and letting her spin.........
“Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only.” ~Samuel Butler
Artist Statement: This self-portrait is the interpretation of how we judge other human personality based on outside appearances and physical likeness. Clay is a raw and unrefined medium, which when molded, smoothed, glazed and fired, can be beautiful and polished. The resulting image communicates how self-conscious I am about my skin, as well as how others tend to distort their natural beauty by applying makeup and pursuing unattainable perfection with plastic surgery. True beauty is not on the surface, yet judgment is made based on physical appearance. What is your self-worth?
Finished, Complete, I can't believe I have actually reached the end to be honest.
Yes that really is 364 photos (4x6) stuck on my wall with bluetack, we had to more the whole room about.
Before I rabble on a bit I would like to thank every single person who has looked, liked, favourited (is that a word), mentioned, commented on my photos, without you I would have stopped as a good comment does loads for encouragement and a bit for your self esteem also :).
Thank you everyone who has been in the photos, helped me setting up the photos and have dealt with me talking about the project for the last year (I'm sorry if I have bored you that was not the intention I promise, Maria mostly x)
So 365 Days or most of the time..1 Year.
I have been meticulously taking photographs on every day for the past 365 days, No "If's or But's" ..every single day I have set made sure that a shot was taken within that 24 hours period.
It's been fun, hard, frustrating, addictive, enjoyable, stressful, enlightening, educational, satisfying and rewarding, just to name a few.
I have tried my upmost to keep the pictures to a decent standard, as what I didn't want was half-assed photos and a boring set.
Originally I starting this project without much thought of the implications it has, which I came to realise soon after but I'm not one to give up, I started it to throw me in the deep end as although always enjoying taking photographs I had never owned a SLR, so in November of last year (16/11/2011) I purchased my very first digital SLR in the form of a Canon 600D with the standard kit lens (18-55mm).
I found myself enjoying photography more and more, day by day and this project has really taught me things I don't think I would have learned in this amount of time otherwise.
And after returning from honeymoon I ordered a 7D which is a great great piece of kit I would strongly recommend, nothing wrong with the 600D just more options. (5D MKIII next would be nice, I xmas is coming lol)
A warning to anybody with a new SLR or thinking about getting into photography -IT IS ADDICTIVE- I'm not sure which drug you can compare it to but I'm sure it's similar.
I have found myself since buying this camera itching for another piece of equipment, and subsequently spending all my "spare" cash on such things (fiance and now wife gives my evil eyes at such times).
This is not to say I wouldn't whole heartedly recommend getting a SLR and perhaps even doing a 365 project as it a great thing to do with your time if you have it.
Will I do another?
I doubt it, but you never know. I think I will focus on different projects rather than repeating a 365.
What's next?
More competitions, working on my website and services more and taking up other projects to keep me thinking.
I hope you have enjoyed my 365, I know I have!
If you haven't looked through some of my pics, then please have a lil browse and see what you think, favourite or comment and I will take a browse too :).
Cheers!
STROBIST:
Canon 580exii camera right with diffuser bouncing off ceiling at 1/1 power fired using YN622 triggers
Canon 430exii in westcott 28/medium softbox in front of camera left a 1/1 power fired using YN622 trigger
Also I am sitting on a PhotoSel pop up background