Maria and Laura's Birthday {Gifts}

10 on 10

Lockdown edition!

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10 on 10 is a collection of 10 images posted on the 10th of the month, captured the day before. No "special" session, just taking my camera with me as I go about my day and capturing art in everyday life, training my creative eye.

#1

: : Lockdown colouring competition : :

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Danielle's Birthday {Gifts}

#MusicMonday

"I thought that my problems were so bad

Until I saw all the things that they didn't have

It got me to thinking how can we complain

When they're living in a world where there's so much hurt and pain

They don't know if they'll ever see a brighter day

I thought I had problems until today"

It's easy to think our lives are filled with difficulty and problems . . . until we gain some perspective. 

It's hard to complain about queuing to enter a supermarket (instead of at the checkout), waiting a few minutes to enter the dairy, and not being allowed to sit in heavy traffic (with a manual car) when people on the same planet are dying of starvation, struggling to find clean drinking water, and being trafficked. 

When I turn my focus outward and away from myself, both around the globe and back through history, I quickly discover my life is nowhere near as bad as I first thought and most of my "problems" are really very trivial.

I Thought I Had Problems by Lawson Bates

Monique

Happy 19th Birthday, Monique!