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Forgiveness is a gift you give to yourself. It is not as much something you do for someone else.
Forgiveness challenges you to give up your destructive thoughts about the situation and to believe in the possibility of a better future.
Forgiveness builds confidence that you can survive the pain and grow from it.
Forgiveness is an act of the imagination. It dares you to imagine a better future, one that is based on the blessed possibility that your hurt will not be the final word on the matter.
Choice is always present in Forgiveness.
You do not have to Forgive but there are consequences to that:
Refusing to Forgive by holding on to the anger, resentment and a sense of betrayal can make your own life miserable.
A vindictive mind-set creates bitterness and allows the betrayer to claim one more victim.
Best summarized by Mahatma Gandhi:
"The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong."
To Forgive is a Divine act.
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Taken at The Regency, Laguna Woods, California. © 2013 All Rights Reserved.
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TGIF, my Flickr friends!
Time waits for no one. You can use it wisely or waste it. The choice is yours. - Gee Linder.
A composite of two stock images.
We take our bearings, daily, from others. To be sane is, to a great extent, to be sociable.
- John Updike, writer (18 Mar 1932-2009)
Grey Grey is my boy and he is a good model too, next to Puss Tabby.
Here is his philosopher portrait.
Wish you a great Thursday!
This is archive picture in 2014.
I love philosophy. I have a philosopher at home and that is my philosopher Grey.
One day Grey Grey gazed long time at the backyard and he said to me "Life is long." A moment later he said "Life is short."
The other day he said to me "Life is good and life is bad."
On the day I took his shot, he told me "You are what you shoot." Yes, I am a cat!
Happy philosophical Tuesday!
Fuji X-T1 camera
Fuji XF 23mm F1.4 lens.
We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person.
- William Somerset Maugham, writer (25 Jan 1874-1965)
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Scott (October Blue) said it in the comments ~ I think our modern world is much too fast-paced ....and we should learn a lesson from our friend the snail ...and slow down!
Where have the three years since this was taken gone?
With the drought I haven't seen snails lately. Couldn't do this picture today!
Taken in the Courtyard at The Regency, Laguna Woods, California. © 2012 All Rights Reserved.
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Wisdom can't get any pithier! LOVE is wisdom to act on and not just to talk about!
For Macro Mondays. December 22, 2014 ~ Red and green. HMM!
LOVE ~ positive (red) and negative (black and green) spaces... Better Large (L)...
Taken at The Regency, Laguna Woods, California. © 2014 All Rights Reserved.
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Comment from Merripat ~ Indiana really hit the jackpot with this one! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_%28sculpture%29
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"It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see."
Henry David Thoreau
115 pictures in 201. #73 Up
Skylight at The Huntington.
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush! My daughter enticing a Red-breasted Nuthatch to eat from the palm of her hand. With her iPhone out, it's probably Instagram-bound!
NCC's Lime Kiln Park - Stony Swamp. Ottawa, Ontario. Thanksgiving weekend, 2015
The expression "a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush" means that it is better to have an advantage or opportunity that is certain than having one that is worth more but is not so certain.
"A bird in the hand," is yours, and it's not going anywhere unless you let it go. But if you leave it and go for "two in the bush," there is no guarantee you'll catch them, you might end up with nothing in the end.
In essence, don't be greedy and stick with what good things you already have, instead of going after something you'll probably never get.
«The whole secret of existence is to have no fear.»
«Le grand secret de la vie est de n'avoir aucune peur.»
Buddha
(View in large on A day on Earth)
...don't wait for someone to invite you along. You do the inviting. You make the party (or photo walk in this case).
In fact, you really don't even have to wait for someone! Do it on your own!
Today, I wanted to get out and shoot, so I posted in one of my photowalk groups to see if anyone was doing anything. Two people ended up joining me and we had a really good walk, saw some interesting things and met some interesting people. I was planning on going even if they hadn't replied, but it was nice to go with a couple of other photographers. Thanks, guys!!
For ODC - Words of Wisdom
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Well, I thought I would do some baking today, LOL!! No chance, but my wife did and with a little help from Lewis. This is the end result!
7 Days of Shooting Week #37 Words of Wisdom High Key or Low Key Friday ....
Thanks to everyone who views this photo, adds a note, leaves a comment and of course BIG thanks to anyone who chooses to favourite my photo .... thanks to you all.
Showed this pic to my little sis. Her response: "sometimes you have to walk alone just so you know you can..." Hahah 😂😂 #wordsofwisdom
Proverbs 8:11. "For wisdom is far more valuable than rubies.
Nothing you desire can compare with it."
Thanks to PM Breakfast for inspiring this shot!
*This picture was taken and edited with the Iphone for the Iphone365 project and for the Flickr group Our Daily Challenge ODC- Words of wisdom.
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Wanted to depict another revealing quote by Gandhi Ji but just like reality, it was complex to photograph. Still citing it:
"The Roots of Violence: Wealth without work, Pleasure without conscience, Knowledge without character, Commerce without morality, Science without humanity, Worship without sacrifice, Politics without principles."
ODC: Words of Wisdom
Do we need weapons to fight wars? Or do we need wars to create markets for weapons?
- Arundhati Roy, author (b. 24 Nov 1961)
I have a glass table in my yard that gives fabulous bokeh when the sun back-lights it. Unfortunately the same back-lighting made it impossible to get a good exposure on the fortune paper. So I had to choose between wisdom and bokeh, I went with wisdom. The wisdomless bokeh view is below. The only difference between the shots is they are taken from opposite sides of the table, the top one is front lit the second one is back lit.
Taken for our daily challenge - Miniature
On my walks, I'm always searching along the ground for acorns. Beyond their representation of life renewed, there's a lot of wisdom lying there for the observant soul. This year's acorns were larger than I've seen them in recent years and quite plentiful. An indication to me that we were going to have a cold winter and, indeed, that has been the case. The subtle signs of nature are about us when we spare the time to simply look!
“Words without thoughts never to heaven go.”
~ William Shakespeare
It is amazing how after four and a half decades, I can still hear the words of my Grandmother every time I see a red pin cushion or attempt to cut anything.
My grandmother sewed all the time and when I would visit, she would give me scraps of fabric and taught me how to make clothes for my dolls.
So excited I would grab the scissors, crank my tounge to one side of my mouth and in full determination start to cut the fabric and my grandmother would say to me in her stern Norwegian accent.."Karen Bet (Beth) you are never going to cut a straight line unless you keep that tounge of yours straight"!
Each and everytime I attempt to cut anything..I hear her voice and straighten my tounge!
The inspiration for the work on this image totally comes from my good friend Roxanne
please take a look at her amazing set of "Stills":