Taste

To taste is tantalizing.

AFRICAN ELEPHANT - Timbavati Private Game Reserve, South Africa

My interpretation:
Taste, like all senses, is worthy of ongoing appreciation.

Quotes to consider:
“For each mouth, a different soup.” – Portuguese proverb
“Cinnamon bites and kisses simultaneously.” – Vanna Bonta
“Everyone eats and drinks, but few appreciate taste.” – Confucius

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Vulnerability

Vulnerability is universal.

RHINO CALF - Welgevonden Private Game Reserve, South Africa

My interpretation:
The toughest amongst us, know vulnerability.

Quotes to consider:
“There can be no vulnerability without risk; there can be no community without vulnerability; there can be no peace, and ultimately no life, without community.” – M. Scott Peck
“When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability… To be alive is to be vulnerable.” – Madeleine L’Engle
“The supreme reality of our time is the vulnerability of this planet.” – John Fitzgerald Kennedy

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Spots

Blind spots belong to people.

FEMALE LEOPARD - Londolozi Private Game Reserve, South Africa

My interpretation:
While animals accept things the way they are, we tend to complicate them.

Quotes to consider:
“A leopard does not change his spots, or change his feeling that spots are rather a credit.” – Ivy Compton-Burnett
“More and more people are buying bigger and bigger, … and the bigger the vehicle, the bigger the blind spot.” – Unknown
“A zebra does not change its spots.” – Al Gore (attacking President George Bush in 1992)

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Serenity

Serenity is a state of soul.

KHWAI RIVER SUNSET - Okavango Delta, Botswana

My interpretation:
Superceding any ’state of mind’, serenity exists in the soul.

Quotes to consider:
“Serenity is not freedom from the storm, but peace amid the storm.” – Unknown
“God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.” – Reinhold Niebuhr
“Boredom is the feeling that everything is a waste of time; serenity, that nothing is.” – Thomas S. Szasz

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Innocence

Innocence illuminates.

YOUNG MALE LION - Mabuasehube Game Reserve, Botswana

My interpretation:
The beauty of innocence transcends illusion.

Quotes to consider:
“The silence often of pure innocence persuades when speaking fails.” – William Shakespeare
“The greater our innocence, the greater our strength and the swifter our victory.” – Mahatma Gandhi
“Innocence dwells with wisdom, but never with ignorance.” – William Blake

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Communication

Communication > Language

JACKAL - Mabuasehube Game Reserve, Botswana

My interpretation:
While language has its place, communication transcends it.

Quotes to consider:
“Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.” – T.S.Eliot
“The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.” – Stephen King
“The fish trap exists because of the fish. Once you’ve gotten the fish you can forget the trap. The rabbit snare exists because of the rabbit. Once you’ve gotten the rabbit, you can forget the snare. Words exist because of their meaning. Once you’ve got the meaning, you can forget the words. Where can I find someone who has forgotten words so I can talk with him or her?” – Chuang Tzu

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Intention

Intention → Implication

MALE LION - Masai Mara, Kenya

My interpretation:
Intention always results in implication. Clarity of focus can optimize the outcome, as well as avoid an inadvertently negative one.

Quotes to consider:
“Whether you think you can or can’t, you’re right.” – Henry Ford
“Be careful what you wish for.” – unknown
“I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be.” – Douglas Adams

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Reflections

Reflections are everywhere.

HAMERKOP - Kruger National Park, South Africa

My interpretation:
Life reflects infinitely more than what is immediately apparent.

Quotes to consider:
“Tell me who you love, and I’ll tell you who you are.” – Creole Proverb
“It is not so much the example of others we imitate as the reflection of ourselves in their eyes and the echo of ourselves in their words.” – Eric Hoffer

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Aptitude

Aptitude is invariably appropriate.

FISH EAGLE WITH BARBEL - Khwai River, Okavango Delta, Botswana

My interpretation:
Everyone is gifted in their own unique way. Gratitude begets grace.

Quotes to consider:
“Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.” – Zig Ziglar
“Genius is nothing but a greater aptitude for patience.” – George-Louis Leclerc de Buffon
“You are the only person on earth who can use your ability.” – Zig Ziglar

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Observation

Observation → Opportunity

CHEETAH ON THE LOOKOUT - Masai Mara, Kenya

My interpretation:
Taking time to observe often brings rewards far exceeding expectation.

Quotes to consider:
“Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“To him that watches, everything is revealed.” – Italian Proverb

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