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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 💜
The ascending view of the stairs always gives me the positive feeling, pushes me to improve and motivate me to make effort to rise in the life. We should always strive for improvement in life, work, relationship, skills, ability, thoughts, etc. The improvement means not better than others but better than ourselves from our previous level but with humility and not with arrogance.
War is not a game! Stop the hate, start the love!!!
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"Lord Jesus, help me to always trust in your saving grace, especially when I am tempted and put to the test. Help me to be faithful to you and give me the courage and strength to resist temptation, especially the temptation to compromise or to be indifferent to your word."
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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
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".
*Working Towards a Better World
Birds are a miracle because they prove to us there is a finer, simpler state of being which we may strive to attain. -
Douglas Coupland
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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”
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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
Introduction
Best Gospel Hymns | 2019 Gospel Song With Lyrics "What the Young Must Pursue" | Videos Gospel
I
Prejudiced eyes and deceit are not what the youth should have.
Awful and destructive ways are not how the youth should act.
They should have aspirations, ardently strive to advance,
not lose heart over their prospects,
keep faith in life, the future.
Youth should have resolve in discernment, seeking justice and the truth.
Pursue all things beautiful,
gain reality of positive things.
Be responsible towards life.
You must not take this lightly. You must not take this lightly.
II
Youth should persist in the path of truth,
thus expend their lives for God.
They should not lack the truth,
nor harbor falseness, unrighteousness.
They should take the proper stance.
They shouldn’t just drift along.
They should dare to sacrifice, fight for justice and the truth.
Youth should have resolve in discernment, seeking justice and the truth.
Pursue all things beautiful,
gain reality of positive things.
Be responsible towards life.
You must not take this lightly. You must not take this lightly.
III
Young people should not give in to oppression of dark force.
They must have the courage to change the meaning of their lives.
Young people shouldn’t resign themselves to adversity,
they should be open and frank, forgive fellow believers.
Youth should have resolve in discernment, seeking justice and the truth.
Pursue all things beautiful,
gain reality of positive things.
Be responsible towards life.
You must not take this lightly. You must not take this lightly.
from Follow the Lamb and Sing New Songs
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“A tulip doesn’t strive to impress anyone. It doesn’t struggle to be different than a rose. It doesn’t have to. It is different. And there’s room in the garden for every flower.”
Quote – Marianne Williamson
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For a few 'voles' more?
Back-lit., little detail
But that was never the point of the shot
Obsession with high detail is all well and good
But that doesn't in itself produce and interesting shot
Capturing 'the moment' IMO is the key to taking a memorable photograph
And that surely is what we're all striving for?
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) ~
Happiness is the absence of striving for happiness.
La felicità sta nell’assenza della lotta per la felicità.
Chang-Tzu
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Illustration to poetry of Natalya Hrebionka devoted to Japan.
Shadow of humility
A path in the dark.
I don't know where they lead
Reflections.
Striving for heights,
I lose earthly comfort.
Shadow of humility.
Fates are fickle,
Fate is mysterious.
The world inhaled deeply
A faded leaf.
© Natalya Hrebionka 2021
Тень смирения
Тропа в темноте.
Не знаю, куда ведут
Размышления.
Стремясь к высоте,
Теряю земной уют.
Тень смирения.
Переменчивы судьбы,
Загадочен рок.
Мир вдохнул полной грудью
Поблекший листок.
© Natalya Hrebionka 2021
Mitt bidrag till Fotosöndag och veckans tema «vårkänslor».
My contribution for this week's theme «spring feelings»; for the Swedish photo group Fotosondag.
Tunnel through the rhododendron, Scaly Mountain Trail, Nantahala National Forest
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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]
"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.
The most accomplished street artist in Launceston is Kreamart. His identity is unknown (a local version of Banksy), but looking at this work he could well be a professional signwriter.
The message is one we should all take to heart whatever we do.
"When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too."
— Paulo Coelho