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So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservatism, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind ....

www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7ArZ7VD-QQ

The very basic core of a man’s living spirit is his passion for adventure.

The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon ...

Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild

Fly On by Anna Kwa

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Just a flock of birds

That's how you think of love

Sometimes they arrive

Sometimes they are gone

They fly on

www.youtube.com/watch?v=lv1780gGzyk

So fly on....

Maybe one day I'll fly next to you

There's A Song Inside My Soul by Anna Kwa

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Love is like the wind ....

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASGktgCxJMY

You can't see it but you can feel it

Nicholas Sparks, A Walk to Remember

I Keep A Flame There For You by Anna Kwa

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Wherever I go .....

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACoC2dsmEcY

I'll Be The Lighthouse In Your Storm by Anna Kwa

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxP59VRQZtg

Storms draw something out of us that calm seas don't.

Bill Hybels

Leave Nothing But Footprints by Anna Kwa

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I promise you

I'm always there

When your heart is filled with sorrow and despair

And I'll carry you

When you need a friend

You'll find my footprints in the sand

www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCsZNalcaXM

We all leave footprints as we journey through life--make sure yours are worth following.

Bob Teague

Never Let It End by Anna Kwa

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDJab43bGOo

If I had it all to do again

Then I’d hold every second with you and never let it end

Go Where The Wind Blows You by Anna Kwa

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I close my eyes,...

Only for a moment, and the moment's gone

All my dreams pass before my eyes

All they are is dust in the wind

www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQem15Ow6hw

Nothing lasts forever but the earth and sky

All we are is dust in the wind

A Safe Place To Land by Anna Kwa

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The person you love should be where you calm you soul.

They should be your safest place to be yourself.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF4KagCN2jw

Life is hard enough.

That person should be your solace.

Birds Fly In Different Directions by Anna Kwa

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Seasons they will change

Life will make you grow

Dreams will make you cry

Everything is temporary

Everything will slide

Love will never die

I hope to see you again ....

So fly high

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOXZkm9p_zY

I’m flying up to let you see

That the shadow cast is me

There's Something Here Tonight by Anna Kwa

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NfkseMXO9s

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched.

They must be felt with the heart

Helen Keller

Endless Story by Anna Kwa

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We will never fade away ....

www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgWLmGH_PIQ

We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.

Martin Luther King Jr

Moving Mountains by Anna Kwa

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For once

Once in your life ....

www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_0r3hYg78o

Instead of moving mountains

Let the mountains move you

With All The Tides Against You by Anna Kwa

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5i81RY8S6Q

You gave me a forever within the numbered days ...

Know that I am here to stay

Walk With Me by Anna Kwa

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In places no one would find...

Hold my hand and walk with me through this journey that we call life.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Et1mRbq9So8

The person who dances with you in the rain, will most likely walk with you in the storm

We'll Make Heaven On Earth by Anna Kwa

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqpAgMxhx30

A desert is a place without expectation.

Nadine Gordimer

Every Time I Close My Eyes by Anna Kwa

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I feel like I could disappear

I just want to be more than a drop in the sea

www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSoJXOsfgTo

Eventually, I sickened of people, myself included, who don't think enough of themselves to make something of themselves--people who did only what they had to and never what they could have done.

I learned from them the infected loneliness that comes at the end of every misspent day.

I knew I could do better.

Mark Twight, Kiss or Kill: Confessions of a Serial Climber

The Last Song by Anna Kwa

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If you had one song left inside your soul

What would you sing tonight?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=73Dw18_g-Sw

If you had one chance left before we're old

The last song of your life

What is it you wait for?

Perspective by Anna Kwa

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8IkOMrxcHs

NOWHERE

NOW HERE

It's just a matter of perspective

Choose your views wisely

The Way I Love You by Anna Kwa

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How many times can I tell you

You’re lovely just the way you are

Don’t let the world come and change you

Don’t let life break your heart

www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF4KagCN2jw

The Weather Of Love by Anna Kwa

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Love ... has a way of wilting or blossoming

The sun does not always shine on it

Nor does the rain always pour on it

Love does not always emit the sweetest scents

And sometimes it can sting with its thorns

Water it, give it plenty of sunlight

Nurture it, and the flower of love will outlive you

Neglect it or keep dissecting it

And its petals will quickly curl up and die

www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6PYiKxgkQ4

This is how love is ...

Perfection is a delusional vision

So love the person who loves you unconditionally

And abandon the one who only loves you under favourable

conditions.

Where Would I Be by Anna Kwa

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrVzdyylNZs

But at times I wondered if I had not come a long way to find that what I really sought was something I had left behind.

Tom Hornbein, American Explorer and Mountaineer

You Are Not Alone by Anna Kwa

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Whatever's meant to be will work out perfectly

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CZs9bENxZ0

So keep holding on ...

A Year Gone by Anna Kwa

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But Not Forgotten

If Only We Could Turn Back Time.....

2020 has been a challenging year for everyone forcing us to face new realities and norms. Even though we continue to live with uncertainties, there are many life lessons to learn and many things to be grateful for.

We can make the conscious choice to appreciate things that we took for granted.

I hope we will take some time as the year is ending to reflect and count our blessings...all the little things that matter.

Thank you Flickr for including this image in the Flickr's Top 25 Photos of 2020

www.flickr.com/photos/annakwa/50115566652/in/dateposted-p...

I am humbled by the talents and inspirations from all my flickr's friends and grateful for all the encouragements.

It is my sincere hope that we will continue to inspire and lift each other with our passion in photography.

blog.flickr.net/en/2020/12/15/flickrs-top-25-photos-in-2020/

www.flickr.com/photos/flickr/galleries/72157717349231213/

Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken by Anna Kwa

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EyjWVAIBZY

Their love was like two matches in a wind storm.

They did everything they could to protect their flame.

Even if that meant they got burned along the way.

Susan Bocinec Terry

A Mile by Anna Kwa

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I could walk a mile in your shoes ...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYo6iAQ2pqk

But I already know they're just as uncomfortable as mine.

Let's walk next to each other instead...

Where The Train Goes Slow by Anna Kwa

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTT8O_LslzQ

What thrills me about trains is not their size or their equipment but the fact that they are moving, that they embody a connection between unseen places.

Marianne Wiggins

** Mae Klong Railway Market

www.tourismthailand.org/Attraction/Mae-Klong-Railway-Mark...

I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For by Anna Kwa

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