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For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven.
First crocus of the season
You are where you need to be. Just breathe
Nurturing Thursday: Let’s start together!
Life takes on meaning when you become motivated ~Les Brown
This is inspired by Becca’s Nurturing Thursday theme.
Macro Monday: 24-12/18
The smell of moist earth and lilacs hung in the air like wisps of the past and hints of the future ~ Margaret Millar
If you really like the post please leave a word. It will help me in visiting your blog. I am on vacation but instead of leaving the canvas blank I have scheduled a few posts.
Weekend 69: Fireworks photography!
Today was the traditional annual opening of the Christmas season in Bergen, where families are invited to light torches and enjoy a magnificent display of fireworks.
Happy Weekend friends!
Happy little moments!
Many Indians celebrated Diwali this last week. For me it was quite opposite as I was on roller coaster ride at work. There was no time to think about family or cultural matters and yes I am thankful for a supportive family. Now it feels like the week passed super quickly.
It’s our tradition to decorate house for Diwali and make rangoli (beautiful patterns with coloured sand or rice flour). On the day of Diwali, nature greeted me in a very special way and unknowingly I captured those moments. I am sharing rangoli created by nature to say “happy Diwali” to me naah to US!
The way to find out about happiness is to keep your mind on those moments when you feel most happy, when you are really happy — not excited, not just thrilled, but deeply happy. This requires a little bit of self-analysis. What is it that makes you happy? Stay with it, no matter what people tell you. This is what is called following your bliss ~
I am happy to share these moments with you. Find such moments and stay happy.
Cheers!
Nurturing Thursday: Kindness
My Paris trip was a last minute trip and so I decided to relax and spend time with my family instead of thinking much about photography. Though my family is supportive they are not photographers 🙂
Anyways, I am going to share my experience of talking with a stranger. One day my husband and I were eating breakfast. All tables were busy. An old lady (she was not very very old but old enough to be a granny) asked me if she can sit with us, which I accepted. Still we were busy in our own world, talking light. Suddenly something happened to me and
Me: “can I ask you a question”?
She: “Yes, sure”.
Me: “” We three are sitting on a table but my husband and I are talking to each other leaving you alone. But then I am not sure if you like to talk to strangers. So do you like talking?”
She: Ohhhhhhh….. (hard for her to talk, she used her handkerchief), thank you so much for thinking about me. Actually I really wanted to talk to someone but…
I thought she will start sobbing. She took a few minutes to gather herself, then she explained her situation. She was in Paris with her friend for a week. First few days were fantastic and then suddenly her friend got sick. Her friend had been taken to emergency medical care. The appendix got ruptured and spreaded infection. The hospital was not that near to the hotel and it was difficult for the lady to cope with this sudden situation. I tried to console her which she appreciated very kindly. She told us about her family in the US and how badly she was missing her husband. She said this was her first trip without her husband. Before saying goodbye she thanked us again and said she was feeling much better. She had a nice smile while saying goodbye. We felt good that we could be of some help to a stranger.
This incidence reminded me of the quote by Saunders
In 1957, Saunders wrote the line, “Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans,” usually attributed to John Lennon. It appeared in a 1957 issue of the Reader’s Digest.
For Nurturing Thursday I would like to share this quote:
Smile at strangers and you just might change a life ~Steve Maraboli
Someone is posing for a shot near the Louvre palace.
Nurturing Thursday: Don’t underestimate yourself
I would like to share two quotes for this week’s Nurturing Thursday.
- Don’t underestimate yourself. You are capable of more than you can ever imagine ~Les Brown
- Do not underestimate yourself by comparing yourself with others. It’s our differences that make us unique ~Unknown
This is so true even I have experienced it just “today”
It is raining continuously for more than 10 hours now and so there was no point in going on a hike today. The only option left was inside training. Due to heavy work load I could not manage to go early. One would expect many health enthusiats at the end of the day as our training facility is avaliable to every staff member in our building.
I stood for a while at the entrance of training hall thinking shall I or shall I not enter. I saw some very serious trainers. These are the people who set every equipment at the maximum cutoff or very end. Leg press 150kg, lat pull 150 kg and so on. I really hestitated to go in.
I knew if I did not go in right now I shall be lazy later. With a big sigh I stepped in. From outside I could see only the unkown strong ones but of course there were some known faces inside. I was able to finish what I decided. I am happy and satisfied at the end for not under estimating myself.
Have a nice weekend friends!
