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And I'm not talking about the kind in a bumper, but it fits the photo too!

It's never easy to stop dead in your tracks and take a look around and realize something has to change, that something has to become different, and that you are the only one who can make it different. It's also especially hard to make a move like that when it involves someone else. Especially when you're afraid you could lose a friend, even when that wasn't the intention.

Life is its own hardest lesson and unfortunately the only way to learn that lesson and become better is by living, day to day. I still have so very much to learn, I know and realize that in my core. And it's okay.

I try to live my life each day, to be a good person, to be happy, to be positive, to reflect that positivity on others if possible, to not be weighed down by negativity, to help others, and to be a good friend.

Life is what you make of it. It can be as good as you want or as bad as you want. Sometimes things happen beyond our control that throw us for loops but you have to ride the wave, learn from it (if possible), and keep on moving forward. That light at the end of the tunnel does exist. I know that for a fact. I lived way back in that dark tunnel for years and years. I was depressed, I saw no way out, I wanted someone to save me, someone to make it all better for me. I couldn't do it, I didn't have the strength...at least that's what I told myself. Then one day I realized the only person who could save me (and who would save me) was myself. The only way to move forward was to take the necessary steps in front of me. And I did. And I moved forward and I made things better. The reason no one could save me was because that decision, that looming, difficult, impossible seeming decision, was mine to make and no one else's. It was one of the hardest things I've ever had to do.

Since then I've done a lot of reflecting, on myself, on my life, on where I want my life to go. It's a necessary thing to stop and assess life every now and then. Friends can help guide you, can listen to you, can be your shoulder to cry on and to make you laugh. But you have to make decisions and stand behind them knowing you are doing what is right, what is best for you and you alone.

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Palm Beach, Northern Beaches, Sydney, Australia (Monday 13 Apr 2009 @ 7:15am).

Day 186 Year 2 There you go again, facing the world beneath it all. Always struggling to get out and still trapped looking up and away.

This shot is SOOC. Again, too pressed to do much else but I like it.

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For my mate Maite's FGR choice today "self reflection".

i'm sharper on black

No idea what to call this.. maybe you can help if you know what i was trying to do?

***update - thanks to Maite for the title :) - i love you!***

I struggled with this one for ages today.. i wanted to portray my vulnerability and create a kind of dreamy and soft image, like a child gazing at their reflection.. fascinated by what they see. Only i didn't get the shot i wanted. I'm still kinda happy with this one though.

These days, what i see when i look at myself in the mirror does fascinate me. I see a young woman with dreams, wants and needs and desires.. and i get flutters inside of me when i try and imagine what the future holds.. i have no idea what is going to happen next in my life.. and you know what? i love it this way...

Thanks to Chris (gooner) for help in choosing the shot and aiding with the crop :)

Wow, it looks like I've had my left arm resting in dirt - it's actually hair!

Unhappy even after a winning game.

The hair salon's kitty meowing could not be ignored. I had to stop and snap a flick.

Hehe. Dirty feet.

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“Cacher is one of my on-going personal project which documents the literal and emotional space between my partner and I. Too often, I’ve experienced the strange mixture of intense desire to show my affection and equally an intense need not to show how I feel about her.“ Cacher by Thy Tran (¼)

“Self-reflection is a much kinder teacher than regret is. Prioritize yourself by making a habit of it.” – Andrena Sawyer

I love who I am ❤

Only when you love yourself, you can love another person well.

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I think we all have times where we have to stop and open ourselves up to self analysis, be it good or bad.

I've had many periods in my life where I have self analysed and reflected on who I am as a person and what I wish to be in the future... sometimes it instigates huge changes, like moving city, changing career, having a baby or sometimes it's just the little things that I work on, like saying 'I love you' a bit more often or being more forgiving.

At times like this I can feel very vulnerable, because I've lost my confidence in myself, I look in the mirror and am not proud of what I see, for whatever reason and this is why I make the change, not to please other but so I can look in the mirror and be proud of the person staring back at me... for me, that is probably the most important of all my values because it affects every aspect of my life and is intrinsic to my feeling of self worth.

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Mesmerizing mirror lamps at Schiphol Airport.

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Spiegellampen, Schiphol, Thee bij Cafe Chocolat, Schiphol

Thanks for this lovely title....Anuj!! :-)

Anhinga, Myakka River State Park, Sarasota, Florida

A Breathtaking view of the sunset on March 11th 2019

just playing with old film pics . Barcelona 2002

Portrait of my patient friend, Mina.

Thanks for your kind feedback :)!

I'm into plain black backgrounds and square crops right now, it seems. Self-portrait from earlier this year, challenging myself to use cold unsaturated color palettes in editing. Prefer warm. Breaking out of comfort zone. Also, buying a wireless remote with autofocus capabilities was one of the best purchases I've ever made.

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Trying to understand and keep me...me and not others reflections of me. Need to work on the lighting next.

I was going to post this as my 365 photo today...it was taken at Sushi San in Baltimore after we were done eating our sushi/thai food...I laid my head on the table and saw the reflection and thought...hmmm, i'll try this one. So, in answer to one of the thread questions in the group....this was my "pretty" photo for the day and I didn't use it because it didn't fit the "mood" of what I'm feeling now when I'm doing the posting... This is the last shot I'll be posting til I figure out how to get a new camera or get mine fixed!

there is hope on the horizon....stay tuned!

There are SOOO many songs about brown eyes....

Some cursed, some prayed, some prayed then cursed

Then prayed and bled some more

And the only thing that I could see

Was a pair of brown eyes that was looking at me

But when we got back, labeled parts one to three

There was no pair of brown eyes waiting for me

--The Pogues

OR

These brown eyes of mine

They've been doin' some powerful cryin'

Thinkin' 'bout all those years

That always bring back the tears

-America

OR

Whatever happened

To Tuesday and so slow

Going down the old mine

With a transistor radio

Standing in the sunlight laughing,

Hiding behind a rainbow's wall,

Slipping and sliding

All along the water fall, with you

My brown eyed girl,

You my brown eyed girl

-Van Morrison

OR

Brown-eyed women and red grenadine,

The bottle was dusty but the liquor was clean.

Sound of the thunder with the rain pourin' down,

And it looks like the old man's gettin' on

-The Grateful Dead

And the list goes on.....

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I was sitting on the lounge waiting for Ian to set up the camera ready to take it outside He saw my reflection in the fish tank and thought it would make a good photo. You can just make out the fishes ship.