I was going to title this blog "Showing up." Sometimes just showing up is a challenge for me. Some days I feel like crawling back into bed, pulling the covers over, and hibernating. Every time I managed to get close enough to a butterfly to get a picture, it was completely unplanned. I don't know where butterflies are going to be. But I was there, with my camera, when they were. On the days when I got out of bed and decided to show up, there was something spectacular to photograph. Something that made the effort worthwhile. And that makes it easier to get up the next day, and then the next.
Do you ever think about what you think about? Our thoughts may be more important than we realize. They direct our actions, our moods, our emotions. I'm working on consciously thinking more on things that are good and true and holy and honorable. Things that are pure and lovely and gracious and kind and excellent. Phil 4:8. If you look for things of beauty and wonder in your every day life, that is what you will find.
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Butterflies
My new favourite subject to photograph is butterflies. I think partly because they are so elusive. Just managing to get close enough, focus, and take the picture without them fluttering away seems like a victory all in itself.
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