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Monthly Archives: June 2009
Self-belief
Self-belief is an inside job.
BEAUTIFUL JINA
Quotes to consider:
“Above all, be true to yourself, and if you cannot put your heart in it, take yourself out of it.” – Unknown
“Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail.” – Charles F. Kettering
“For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don’t believe, no proof is possible.” – Stuart Chase Continue reading
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Tagged Beautiful, Belief, Cat, Charles F. Kettering, Inside Job, Jina, Norwegian Forest Cat, pet, Photo-philosophy, Self-belief, Self-help, Spirituality, Stuart Chase, Wegie
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Home
Home has no substitute.
BLACK EAGLE ON NEST – Roodekrans, Johannesburg, South Africa
Quotes to consider:
“A house is made of walls and beams; a home is built with love and dreams.” – Unknown
“Home is not where you live, but where they understand you” – Christian Morganstern
“He is the happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Continue reading
Asendle Trust
Here’s an important site for everyone who cares about conservation: Asendle Trust. It’s ‘dedicated to improving understanding of so called ‘problem’ animals, highlighting the disappearance of others and reminding you, the audience, of their fragile existence. Asendletrust.org is committed to … Continue reading
The Magenta Penguin
I am blown away by something extremely special – kids in Cape Town helping conservation with The Magenta Penguin: ‘The Grade 2 class at St Cyprian’s Preparatory School wrote and illustrated a book called THE MAGENTA PENGUIN. 1000 copies of … Continue reading
Dreaming
Dreaming delves deep inside.
JINA SLEEPING ON JOE’S PAW
Quotes to consider:
“A person starts dying when they stop dreaming.” – Brian Williams
“If I am dreaming let me never awake, If I am awake let me never sleep.” – Chinese Proverb
“Each man should frame life so that at some future hour fact and his dreaming meet.” – Victor Hugo Continue reading
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Tagged Brian Williams, Cat, Chinese Proverb, Dream, Jina, Kitten, Norwegian Forest Cat, pet, Photo-philosophy, Sleep, Victor Hugo
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Poise
Poise = Poetry
LONGTAILED SHRIKE – Okavango Delta, Botswana
Quotes to consider:
“The key to winning is poise under stress.” – Paul Brown
“Man maintains his balance, poise, and sense of security only as he is moving forward.” – Maxwell Maltz
“To bear defeat with dignity, to accept criticism with poise, to receive honors with humility – these are marks of maturity and graciousness.” – William Arthur Ward Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, Botswana, Branch, Longtailed Shrike, Maxwell Maltz, Okavango Delta, Paul Brown, Photo-philosophy, Poetry, Poise, Shrike, Sky, Thorn, Travel and Tourism, William Arthur Ward
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Subtlety
Subtlety has its uses.
JESSE ON BIRD FEEDER
Quotes to consider:
“Human subtlety will never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple or more direct than does nature because in her inventions nothing is lacking, and nothing is superfluous.” – Leonardo da Vinci
“Subtlety is the art of saying what you think and getting out of the way before it is understood” – Unknown
“Subtlety may deceive you; integrity never will.” – Oliver Goldsmith Continue reading
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Tagged Birdfeeder, Cat, Garden, Leonardo da Vinci, Norwegian Forest Cat, Oliver Goldsmith, pet, Photo-philosophy, Subtlety
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