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 💜
This image was taken BEFORE the boardwalk bollard lights switched on for the evening.
Striving to be creative with my presentations, I lined up the extremely bright setting sun directly behind the fixture to produce the effect of an electric source.
The scenic, Steveston Heritage Fishing Villiage is a charming fishing village that is situated in Richmond BC on the Mighty Fraser River
Definitely one of British Columbia's best kept secrets.
Series: Steveston by Romance
I 💖 Steveston
Canada
Happy Friday everyone! Is it that time again when I strive to bring a story each time I feature a product. This great boots by [Enchante’] are available exclusively at Sanarae which opened to public today. LM: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Spring%20Morning/191/130/4013 More credits: BeUnique
Our ancestors strived with the
momentous job of survival
Still, they really wanted to be artists.
So, in the free time they didn’t actually have,
they would hunt for any natural canvas and
gather whatever tool they could find.
Scratch and scrawl to their heart's delight.
We know a little bit about who we were
when the cost of living was much less
and the cost of death was much higher.
Because we see the drawings
in the oldest museums
and the need for communication
still existing in ourselves.
You think that art is dormant
Hibernating for a season
or a several centuries.
But it lives inside of you.
The need to express oneself
is exactly what makes us human.
Only, we no longer own our own caves.
The real estate has just become too expensive
Profit over people is a reality
And so we take over public spaces
as if they were still ours
telling the world
in broken up fragments
about how we really miss our former selves.
**All poems and photos are copyrighted**
"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! ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
"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."
Copyright© 2010 Kamoteus/RonMiguel RN
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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
“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
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
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
Dante strives for everlasting peace within her lands. The promise of all Dragon hatchlings continues to hold fast awareness that our waters, land and skies are forever protected. Dare not loop toward battle at us as your conflict will encounter clashes of great defeat. Vanquish those thoughts before your eyes outwit your mind. Just know we rest well and our strength nuzzles within each swinging branch, Continued
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
Pentax K-1
SMC Pentax 1:5.5 55mm
Iridient Developer
"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.