White Flag

Please don't.  After a bittersweet part time job in retail, I have survived and back to my normal self.  There is a not so distant sound of a much possible full time job in my horizon, and I am praying that it works.  I'm going to interviews this next week, so wish me luck!  For the past year and a half I tried to put together a photography business that didn't go as I had hoped for, although I have to say that I have grown tremendously as a photographer and as a person.  Just the simple fact of trying something so completely new to me has given me a new perspective in life and myself.  So, it was worth all the effort.  My passion for photography is still strong and present.  It is my constant and I hold on to it.

Finding Perspective

Simplicity

I've been out of blogging for some days now.  My apologies for the long silence, everything's good and I'm still here :)

It's good to take some time off and just focus on the things that matter, the things that keep you moving.  Shuffling your view so you can have a new perspectives and a new light on what one thought to be absolute.  I am an observer in my own life, and these days I've taken a closer look at myself; how I react,  why do I feel the way I do, and figure out what to do to move out from old habits.

Happy Friday! 

Etsy shop listing

http://www.etsy.com/listing/76410862/shabby-sunflower-photography-print

A wish list... my wants today

To have my hair long enough so that I can make beautiful braids with it...



Learn how to sew... ( this is one of those things I regret not having done while still living with mom)

Source: milenuts.tumblr.com via Cinthya on Pinterest

Go on a long trip to Europe... again...

Source: tumblr.com via K on Pinterest

To believe we can...

Source: etsy.com via Debi on Pinterest

Consider this...

Source: marcypenner.tumblr.com via Mandy on Pinterest

A mermaid from within

Maiden... ocean has a maiden soul, a photo by Gordana AM on Flickr.

I have been going through a very transformative period.  Let's say that sometimes I feel as if I was thrown into a deep blue ocean, and I am now emerging as a completely different being.  A mermaid, perhaps? Yes, a mermaid could be the best description.  Half human, half mythology.  A merge between what I previously was with my new self.

In my previous life, I lacked sensitivity, I lacked passion.  My life was predetermined by my conscious self as a series of steps that needed to be done.  Tasks to be completed.  There was not much room for art, although I craved it, or tenderness, although I so much needed it.  I somehow convinced myself that things were the way the were.  I had to adapt.  But it came the day when adapting didn't work anymore.  That's when the transformation began.

Today, I hang on to my soul as my own way of surviving.  I fear that, as my previous, practical, human part of the mermaid approaches I will loose all the passion and idealism I have welcomed in.  I will fight for this newfound knowledge, I will protect my fragility.  But I also need to leave space for common sense, for reason.

I guess my new challenge will be to keep the balance, and to acknowledge the mermaid from within.

Have you let your mermaid come out from her ocean?

Who you are Today...

✈ goodbye HI, a photo by SARAΗ LEE on Flickr.

I just came back from a two week getaway with my sweetheart.  We went up north to visit my sister and we had the most amazing time.


As I come back to my usual routine, I have been thinking about my present standing, who I am today, and what I stand for. This quote just popped into sight and describes exactly my state of mind...

You are at crossroads.  This is your opportunity to make the most important decision you will eer make.  Forget your past. Who are you now?  Who have you decided you really are now? Don't think about who you have been.  Who are you now? Who have you decided to become?  Make this decision consciously.  Make it carefully.  Make it powerfully.

-Anthony Robbins