WHY IS CHANGE SO HARD?
See this brick wall? I feel like I have been running into it day after day after day.
Trying hard to implement some change in my life and I am to the point of being tired of trying.
Some days I just feel like giving up. That wall is so hard and I am growing very tired of ramming into it!
Two steps forward and three back get you no where……….en theos † jim
I marveled at the simple majesty of the blending of matching colors. Wishing I could blend so well, to be able to match more than just my baseball cap with my shirt. I can only imagine this little beetle’s view of having such a seemingly coordinated place to fall into. To dawn my tuxedo (if I had one) and to just set atop a golden crown.
“Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he who understands it aright will rather preserve its life than destroy it.”
Henry David Thoreau
May you find a place that you may blend so well. ††† en theos ††† jim work
Fitting end of the day and a year of posting an image a day. I am tired and will be taking a little break from posting so often. I did prove to myself that I do have some follow through. That has always been a failure of mine.
Enjoy the endings as well as the beginnings on your journey†nada te turbe†jim
Oh to be able and take some time to chase down a dragonfly. Right now that would give me such relief. We have been in Monahans, TX doing sports portraits the last couple of days. We have done about 2000 exposures of kids in Green uniforms the last couple of days. I don’t think I have the energy to chase much of anything. It is hard enough to walk from editing on the computer to anyplace across the room………..I think I am seeing green
Be carefull what you wish for on your journey†††††nada te turbe†††††jim
Don’t think of me being lazy, posting the same subject again. We are starting our West TX sports photography “circuit” getting the football, volleyball & cheerleaders all photographed. I am peddling as fast as I can to stay up with it all. Lots of images to process and get off to Millers. Blessed to have the income, but I certainly have a love-hate thing for my day job. Nature of that beast I guess.
The bugs, blooms, birds and creatures are a lot of fun, but not a one of them has handed me an photo-envelope with $$$$$ inside. None the less, my heart is hooked into Abba’s great work & beauty.
Find pleasure in what you do on your journey†††††nada te turbe†††††jim
I found this guy while on our morning walk. He (?) was a nibbling away on a scant little weed. I brought him along with his breakfast back home and put him in a little light box and lit him up.
As I was photographing and studying his movement, I tried to let him know of the impending changes that were going to come. How he was going to wake up one morning and wonder where his old body was and that he could now fly and no longer have to crawl. I wanted to warn him, just as everyone had tried to tell me. Just like me, I don’t think he listened!!!!
What metamorphosis are coming on your journey†††††††††nada te turbe††††††††††jim
“It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog”. Mark Twain
Ah, that is so true. I will generally talk to and pet a pit bull in the back of a pickup long before I will approach a poodle in a Toyota.
What size is the fight in you on your journey?†††††††nada te turbe††††jim
Taking time for a little stretch.I guess when you beat your wings at a 100 time a second and your heart rate races up to 1000 pulses per minute, that you also earn a break every now and then.With the exception of insects, hummingbirds while in flight have the highest metabolism of all animals, a necessity in order to support the rapid beating of their wings. Their heart rate can reach as high as 1,260 beats per minute, a rate once measured in a Blue-throated Hummingbird. They also consume more than their own weight in nectar each day, and to do so they must visit hundreds of flowers daily. Hummingbirds are continuously hours away from starving to death, and are able to store just enough energy to survive overnight.Hummingbirds are capable of slowing down their metabolism at night, or any other time food is not readily available. They enter a hibernation-like state known as torpor. During torpor, the heart rate and rate of breathing are both slowed dramatically (the heart rate to roughly 50 to 180 beats per minute), reducing the need for food.So, how fast are you moving on your journey††††††††nada te turbe†††††††jim
Taking time for a little stretch.
I guess when you beat your wings at a 100 time a second and your heart rate races up to 1000 pulses per minute, that you also earn a break every now and then.
With the exception of insects, hummingbirds while in flight have the highest metabolism of all animals, a necessity in order to support the rapid beating of their wings. Their heart rate can reach as high as 1,260 beats per minute, a rate once measured in a Blue-throated Hummingbird. They also consume more than their own weight in nectar each day, and to do so they must visit hundreds of flowers daily. Hummingbirds are continuously hours away from starving to death, and are able to store just enough energy to survive overnight.
Hummingbirds are capable of slowing down their metabolism at night, or any other time food is not readily available. They enter a hibernation-like state known as torpor. During torpor, the heart rate and rate of breathing are both slowed dramatically (the heart rate to roughly 50 to 180 beats per minute), reducing the need for food.
So, how fast are you moving on your journey††††††††nada te turbe†††††††jim
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