Friday, June 21, 2013

Focus on Life: Week 25

Sally Russick of The Studio Sublime is hosting a year long challenge which is... sublime... as you'd expect with such a studio name. The challenge is named 'Focusing on Life' and every week Sally is sending a prompt on what should we focus the following week.

This week she asked everyone to complete this sentence, "You Are ___________!", and fill in the blank. The only catch is it had to be positive.

My issue is to pick just one word, one that will uniquely and completely define me.

That is almost impossible! I am so many things: I am a bright confident woman (I do have my own doubts, don't worry :)), wife, mother, sister, daughter, friend. I love many things, I hate very few things. I am positively skilled in many areas (artistically, technically, psychologically), I am a realistic optimist.

I tried to think and think - and what came to mind over and over was 'content'. I am truly at a point in my life where I am grateful for all I have. Yes, I want more and I working patiently and slowly to get what I want. I have been blessed with opportunities to complete some of my wild dreams, to work towards completing others. I have dreams, I have hope - I have family and friends to love me and to be loved back.

Because being content is hard to picture or capture - I decided to capture it through my son's eyes:

Focus on Life: Week 25 'You are....' :: All Pretty Things
William's lens work - in the Royal Botanical Gardens
A peaceful moment in the Royal Botanical Gardens. A lovely day, where flowers can be touched and give you energy, when sun shined brightly (although not very warmly), where the basic necessities of life were met: we had food, water, shelter, and plenty of love!

Thank you, Sally, for another week of self-discovering :)

And you, my friends, are invited to learn more about what each of us consider themselves to be. A hard exercise, for sure - please join us at Ms. Sally's for a thoughtful gathering :)

20 comments:

  1. What a wonderful idea! I enjoyed having a look into your contentment!

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  2. That must be a very pretty garden. Thanks for sharing! - Michelle, # 8 this week

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  3. What a great way to do the prompt from your son's view, awesome!

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  4. Oooh, I just HAD to zoom in to William's pic to appreciate the capture of his subject gently and lovingly brushing those petals. Sublime, indeed!

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  5. Way ta go team, what a beautiful composition. It certainly looks like one of those moments slowed and enjoyed, perfect choice for content. Sure struggle can breed wonderful things but working from content, where needs are met and you have loving support - hey, sounds like fertile soil for so much more to me!

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  6. Your William is surely following in your footsteps, not only literally, but in capturing just the perfect moment to memorialize.

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  7. Content is a good place to be and I love how you decided to capture it!

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  8. A lovely blog post and great photography by your son! A lovely interpretation of the challenge.

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  9. that is a wonderful word! and content, here, today ... that is something that not many people find. how wonderful!

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  10. As you know from my post I love flowers.. would love to be able to enjoy walking through someone elses garden!

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  11. Great post Alicia. Content is a wonderful way to feel. William's photo is perfect.

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  12. I think content is very good. I am sure you worked hard to get there.

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  13. Your son caught a very special picture - looks like a wonderful place!

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  14. Such a lovely place to be - content! And what a beautiful photograph that has perfectly captured it!!

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  15. Content and seeking- that sounds like a wonderful place to be. As are the botanical gardens! Very nice.

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  16. Alicia, we gather the energy from those around us and it's wonderful to have your contentment and positivity in our circle!

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  17. How lovely to think of oneself as content. I really love that you see yourself this way along with the photo of you touching the flowers. It kinda makes me sigh with contentment as well :)

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  18. Content is a excellent place to be.

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  19. Aaah, content. That is a beautiful place to be.

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