Elia Viviani on Belief:
It has taken time to achieve, but I’ve always believed in myself, I’ve never given up, and I think I’ve done it in the best way today.
via Matthews moves into Giro d’Italia lead as Viviani takes stage 2 by Shane Stokes.
Monday, May 11, 2015
On Belief - Elia Viviani / Shane Stokes (Sun 10 May 2015)
Sunday, May 10, 2015
On Uncomfortableness - Iain S. Thomas (Sun 26 Apr 2015)
Iain S. Thomas on Uncomfortable:
Uncomfortableness isn't something to be avoided. Uncomfortableness must be embraced. It is how we achieve what we set out to achieve.[..]Introducing uncomfortableness into the system, into the process you're going through, isn't going to mess it up. The uncomfortableness in the system quite often is the system. It's the walls of the house you're building, whether that house is a business, a career, your art or an exercise routine. [..]
It is the strain against the muscle when you exercise that builds it. It is the hours you spend studying that earn you your diploma. It is the patience you have with each other that grows a strong marriage. And, ironically, whether it's doing the dishes or running or anything else, expecting that life will be easy and comfortable is the surest path to pain and frustration.
So, I wish you peace, and an uncomfortable day.
via The Art of Being Uncomfortable by Iain S. Thomas.
When you are shy, profoudly shy, and I was born with shyness deeply embedded in me, almost every moment of your life is uncomfortable. The only respite coming when you are in a familiar environment by yourself or in the company of those that love and understand you for who you are. Everything seems hard, but I have managed and have survived to live a rewarding and fulfilling life. I have achieved things I never thought possible, some of which is captured here in my humble blog. And maybe that is why I do this, to demonstrate to myself that I am doing something with my Life, in spite of how hard it always seems and feels.
I have Iain's Book I Wrote this for You. I don't know how I stumbled across it, but I can relate to his words which are also on his blog (iwrotethisforyou.me).
This is what I thought when I read the above and so it is uncomfortably and awkwardly captured here in this post.
Thursday, May 7, 2015
On Encouragement - Saul Leiter / Sam Stourdze (The Art of goingUnnoticed)
In my life I constantly heard "You can't do this. You should not do that." Yet I did so many things I was told I couldn't do.via Saul Leiter or the Art of going unnoticed by Sam Stourdze.
Wednesday, May 6, 2015
On Photography and Intention – StreetShooter (Mon 06 May 2015)
StreetShooter writes on Photography and Intent:
Here’s some things I discovered and figured out. I am not claiming to be the inventor or Doctor of Photography. I am just a guy that’s made photography a very important of my existence and these are things I try to live by.via Streetshooter … Thoughts and Findings … Defining and Finding “Intent” by StreetShooter.There are 3 facets to photography. Eye, Heart and Mind. The Important thing is INTENT. Try to visualize a Pie. In the center is INTENT. Equally at three points are Eye, Heart and Mind. There are 3 parts because Intent is why you do things and not how you do things. The other 3 are how you do things.
All parts are the sum of one and effect each other at different times.
Monday, May 4, 2015
On Trent Parke and Life - Nick Mitzevich /Gina Fairley (Fri 27 Mar 2015)
Nick Mitzevich on Trent Parke and Life :
By stripping himself bare to reveal his own imperfections, Parke pursues the bigger meaning of life and in doing so he challenges us, to reflect on our own lives.via The world loves Trent Parke … who? by Gina Fairley.
And that is what I have pretty much done here. That's maybe why I can relate to his work and motivation.
Friday, May 1, 2015
A Moment - Doug Miller (Fri 28 Aug 2009)
Doug Miller on a Moment and Eternity:
One of the most difficult parts of walking the early stages of cancer seems to be the waves of feelings, emotions, guilt, etc. that you feel. It is the strangest feeling. One moment you are having a normal conversation or doing simple daily tasks and SUDDENLY......WHAM you get hit by a wave of thoughts. [..]via Waves by Doug Miller.But at times this weight lifts. And for a moment there is a lightness of being. At times as you face your mortality there are moments where the importance rests solely in a single moment. The blueness of the sky, a breeze, the warmth of the sun, a laugh with a friend, the touch of a hand, these moments sometimes sharpen the focus of life. And at once time stands still pausing in the simplicity and perfection of that moment. Maybe that is how eternity feels.
The Healing Process - Doug Miller (Fri 04 Sep 2009)
Doug Miller on Healing:
None of these paths that these fellow travelers walk are easy, but I have seen such a lightness of being in them all. Each trying to see the hope in the midst of the raging storm, providing to others a glimpse of light that they themselves are searching for.via The Ministry of Brokenness by Doug Miller.There is this strange principle I am discovering not just in myself but in those countless others that are members of this difficult brotherhood and sisterhood of suffering.
I am noticing that a significant part of the healing process is to reach out and give to others, both those that are sick and those that are well.
It seems to some possibly a bit ludicrous, but to me it seems as if it gives this journey a complete purpose, a usefulness of sorts.
I am coming to call it "A ministry of Brokenness" I am seeing it as a powerful balm to all in need. [..]
In our weakness we are made strong.
There is a deep truth in all of this.
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