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A quick frame from my time today with the most fantastic Lori & David who flew in from Tennessee to come visit us today. It has been a full day for us with an all day mentor session, and two shoots and my voice is dead! There is something so amazing about transferring knowledge and wisdom onto people who are eager to learn, I am reminded of how good it feels every time we have one of our photographer consults.
Speaking of learning/wisdom and passing on, I would be curious to open up the comments in this post to hear a little bit about what you have learned this year :). It has been a rich year of growth for Chris and I and I'm so thankful not only for how we have grown as artists but how my heart has grown. This year has been marked with facing fears, taking risks and learning the value in hard work. A huge take away I have had from all of those moments has left me to sit with a few great realizations:
1) Nothing good in life comes without blood, sweat, tears and sacrifice. If we want something we have to put in not only the "heart" but the hours of hard work.
2) Risks are scary, yes. But it is much more frightening to live in a place of mediocrity. This quote by T.S. Eliot says it all, "Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go." We must push ourselves to the limits to know what we are capable of.
3) Being yourself is the only way to be. No one can be just like you.
Thoughts
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All three of those are so very true. thank you for this.
sometimes pain is the only doorway to hope.
@Issabelle wow. thank you so much for sharing that. Lovely. Inspiring and beautiful words.
People are often unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered;
forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish,
ulterior motives; be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you will win some false friends and
some true friends; succeed anyway.
If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you;
be honest and frank anyway.
What you spend years building,
someone could destroy overnight; build anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous;
be happy anyway.
The good you do today, people may forget tomorrow;
do good anyway.
Give the world your best anyway.
You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and God;
it was never between you and them .. anyway.
- Mother Theresa
This past June, I quit my full time-salary-job to pursue photography full time. It was probably the most nerve wrecking decision I've eve had to make. I am currently struggling but I know I will succeed :)
I love this image, so beautiful and peaceful.
Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.
-Oscar Wilde