Walking a trodden path
I have been busy all morning since around 6am transferring images over to around 15-20 double layer DVD's. Images that I am proud of, that are rarely used, and just taking up valuable hard drive space. It has been a wonderful journey going through so many images I have taken, that i have in a measure forgotten about, or just had in the wings. I thought I would share two images I found. The first one is of an Indonesian Girl who was a guest at an Islamic wedding I photographed one time. I think she was all of 16 or so, and i asked if I could take her picture. I thought she was stunning. Not in some psycho sexual or perverted way, but in a sincere, and beautiful way. I took the image. Then I showed her, and Dad was behind me of course, with a stone face thinking I would have motives that were less than I did, but when I showed him the picture, the smile and expression on his face was the same as was on mine I am sure. I don't know what it is, it is something that a director who directed Marilyn Monroe once observed, He said "Marilyn had a something, it was hard to quantify or explain what that 'something' was or is, but she had it in abundance" I think he added that it was an innocence or purity. So whatever this young girl had I am so happy I was able to capture it, even for a moment. She mentioned her name, but I have sadly forgotten.
The next one is of a young lady Tamasin, who is a singer whom I believe has the right stuff to make a career if she so desires. I have heard her sing and was amazed at her voice. She was also the singer of the South African National Anthem at the Rugby Union Match at the Sydney Telstra, Now ANZ stadium between South Africa and Australia. What made that feat more amazing is that she is not, nor does she have any South African blood in her, being a generational Australian.
It occurs to me further, that it is, or must be for some, a wonderful stroll over a trodden path as we sometimes reflect on life, what we have done. In my case I have the occasional cringe for things that I did and said when I was much younger and think, How could I have done or said that? I have thought a lot about my life during my school years which was an interesting mix of experiences, emotions and growth. I went to a co-ed school in Parramatta, starting in Parramatta central then, and ended up in the high school next door called Arthur Phillip High School, which still exists. I even became the School Captain (student Body President) for the americans. I reflect over the 12 years of school I did and agree with a man called Val who once said to me that "life goes by like the click of your fingers". He added, "I recall being 12 then I am 60 it was that fast!", "It didn't feel so at the time, but in the walk over a trodden path it certainly was."
I think if you read the comment on my post a couple of days ago "holding a good thought for Heath" andrewc - is a retiree who gave me some insight into his life in the hope that it might impact upon me to do what I want to in my life.
Carpe Diem! Seize the Day!
I was and am so grateful for his comment. It has caused me much deliberation over the last few days and I am starting to put plans into place that I might be positioned well to follow my dreams and make that step he encouraged, and I have most wanted to do. Thank you andrewc. Whomever you are, I am ever so grateful. It is amazing to me that this online diary or collection of thoughts would attract such a comment, and like ripples in a pond, I wonder if he had any idea how much impact his words have made upon me and upon a couple of friends who responded to me privatey. I am thankful. There are many people I am discovering who read my thoughts and see my pictures, who don't know me. It is a little provoking in the thought realm occasionally, but I enjoy the medium...especially when my life can be so positively impacted by insights from people like andrewc.
I hope that for most of us before we begin something that, not in a totally bland and boring way, but with an eye of humour and self respect, we look toward to the sunset of our lives and think how will this choice or decision I make now be viewed by me then? If I get to the end of my life full of regret thinking I should have done this or that, instead of living with the fear and being worried or afraid of actually DOING what I most wanted, I would have truly squandered my life.
As andrew said, and I paraphrase, DO IT! Nike did and look where it got the designers!!
It was my goal this year to live more powerfully, and I am. It is a sobering stroll. There are so many things that prevent me from moving forward with the pace I wish I could. Previous fiscal decisions and choices have limited my options somewhat, but I know that I have what the greatest of all mortal men have had. A belief in themselves, and a belief in what they are doing. That I have in abundance. I walk a few more steps on the path I have chosen, sometimes I get weary from the barks of would be friends and associates for me to move in a different direction, but I am gathering momentum. I will be running soon!
Equipment
Edgar Guest
Figure it out for yourself, my lad,
You've all that the greatest of men have had,
Two arms, two hands, two legs, two eyes,
And a brain to use if you would be wise.
With this equipment they all began,
So start for the top and say "I can."
Look them over, the wise and great,
They take their food from a common plate
And similar knives and forks they use,
With similar laces they tie their shoes,
The world considers them brave and smart.
But you've all they had when they made their start.
You can triumph and come to skill,
You can be great if only you will,
You're well equipped for what fight you choose,
You have legs and arms and a brain to use,
And the man who has risen, great deeds to do
Began his life with no more than you.
You are the handicap you must face,
You are the one who must choose your place,
You must say where you want to go.
How much you will study the truth to know,
God has equipped you for life, But He
Lets you decide what you want to be.
Courage must come from the soul within,
The man must furnish the will to win,
So figure it out for yourself, my lad,
You were born with all that the great have had,
With your equipment they all began.
Get hold of yourself, and say: "I can."
CP
The next one is of a young lady Tamasin, who is a singer whom I believe has the right stuff to make a career if she so desires. I have heard her sing and was amazed at her voice. She was also the singer of the South African National Anthem at the Rugby Union Match at the Sydney Telstra, Now ANZ stadium between South Africa and Australia. What made that feat more amazing is that she is not, nor does she have any South African blood in her, being a generational Australian.
It occurs to me further, that it is, or must be for some, a wonderful stroll over a trodden path as we sometimes reflect on life, what we have done. In my case I have the occasional cringe for things that I did and said when I was much younger and think, How could I have done or said that? I have thought a lot about my life during my school years which was an interesting mix of experiences, emotions and growth. I went to a co-ed school in Parramatta, starting in Parramatta central then, and ended up in the high school next door called Arthur Phillip High School, which still exists. I even became the School Captain (student Body President) for the americans. I reflect over the 12 years of school I did and agree with a man called Val who once said to me that "life goes by like the click of your fingers". He added, "I recall being 12 then I am 60 it was that fast!", "It didn't feel so at the time, but in the walk over a trodden path it certainly was."
I think if you read the comment on my post a couple of days ago "holding a good thought for Heath" andrewc - is a retiree who gave me some insight into his life in the hope that it might impact upon me to do what I want to in my life.
Carpe Diem! Seize the Day!
I was and am so grateful for his comment. It has caused me much deliberation over the last few days and I am starting to put plans into place that I might be positioned well to follow my dreams and make that step he encouraged, and I have most wanted to do. Thank you andrewc. Whomever you are, I am ever so grateful. It is amazing to me that this online diary or collection of thoughts would attract such a comment, and like ripples in a pond, I wonder if he had any idea how much impact his words have made upon me and upon a couple of friends who responded to me privatey. I am thankful. There are many people I am discovering who read my thoughts and see my pictures, who don't know me. It is a little provoking in the thought realm occasionally, but I enjoy the medium...especially when my life can be so positively impacted by insights from people like andrewc.
I hope that for most of us before we begin something that, not in a totally bland and boring way, but with an eye of humour and self respect, we look toward to the sunset of our lives and think how will this choice or decision I make now be viewed by me then? If I get to the end of my life full of regret thinking I should have done this or that, instead of living with the fear and being worried or afraid of actually DOING what I most wanted, I would have truly squandered my life.
As andrew said, and I paraphrase, DO IT! Nike did and look where it got the designers!!
It was my goal this year to live more powerfully, and I am. It is a sobering stroll. There are so many things that prevent me from moving forward with the pace I wish I could. Previous fiscal decisions and choices have limited my options somewhat, but I know that I have what the greatest of all mortal men have had. A belief in themselves, and a belief in what they are doing. That I have in abundance. I walk a few more steps on the path I have chosen, sometimes I get weary from the barks of would be friends and associates for me to move in a different direction, but I am gathering momentum. I will be running soon!
Equipment
Edgar Guest
Figure it out for yourself, my lad,
You've all that the greatest of men have had,
Two arms, two hands, two legs, two eyes,
And a brain to use if you would be wise.
With this equipment they all began,
So start for the top and say "I can."
Look them over, the wise and great,
They take their food from a common plate
And similar knives and forks they use,
With similar laces they tie their shoes,
The world considers them brave and smart.
But you've all they had when they made their start.
You can triumph and come to skill,
You can be great if only you will,
You're well equipped for what fight you choose,
You have legs and arms and a brain to use,
And the man who has risen, great deeds to do
Began his life with no more than you.
You are the handicap you must face,
You are the one who must choose your place,
You must say where you want to go.
How much you will study the truth to know,
God has equipped you for life, But He
Lets you decide what you want to be.
Courage must come from the soul within,
The man must furnish the will to win,
So figure it out for yourself, my lad,
You were born with all that the great have had,
With your equipment they all began.
Get hold of yourself, and say: "I can."
CP
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