BlogHide Resteemszandrachilcote (60)in photo • 6 years agosumner headseagullMaxim of life: “I do not cling to life sufficiently to fear death.” ― Alexandre Dumaszandrachilcote (60)in photo • 6 years agomoeraki bouldersMaxim of life: “The soul is like an uninhabited world that comes to life only when God lays His head against us.” ― St. Thomas Aquinaszandrachilcote (60)in photo • 6 years agoarrowtownwind-vaneMaxim of life: “Things don't always work out the way we hope. You just have to pick yourself up and find a new direction to go in.” ― Joelle Charbonneauzandrachilcote (60)in photo • 6 years agoohakunewelcome where adventures beginMaxim of life: “It’s too bad if a heart lacks fire, and is deprived of the light of a heart ablaze. The day on which you are without passionate love is the most wasted day of your life.” ―…zandrachilcote (60)in photo • 6 years agowaihimartha-gold-mineMaxim of life: “Is everybody in? Is everybody in? Is everybody in? The ceremony is about to begin. The entertainment for this evening is not new, you've seen this entertainment through and through…zandrachilcote (60)in photo • 6 years agohenna-tattooMaxim of life: “Accept yourself, your strengths, your weaknesses, your truths, and know what tools you have to fulfill your purpose.” ― Steve Marabolizandrachilcote (60)in photo • 6 years ago3 butterflies on dry shootsMaxim of life: “There are two kinds of people,’ she’d said. ‘Those who coast through life like ducks in a row, following one after the other, and those who ride the waves.’” Tears spilled down my…zandrachilcote (60)in photo • 6 years agoRedhead parrot drinking waterMaxim of life: “Sure it could get rough sometimes, but life wasn't a Hollywood movie. Shit happened. You fought, you screamed, and somehow you worked like hell to get out the other side still…zandrachilcote (60)in photo • 6 years agomelbournerod laver arenaMaxim of life: “The world is terrible," said Mark tonelessly. "And some are drawn down into it and drown there, and some rise above and carry others with them.” ― Cassandra Clarezandrachilcote (60)in photo • 6 years agomelbourne at yarra riverMaxim of life: “I define nothing. Not beauty, not patriotism. I take each thing as it is, without prior rules about what it should be.” ― Bob Dylanzandrachilcote (60)in photo • 6 years agostory-bridgetonemappedMaxim of life: “Accept yourself, your strengths, your weaknesses, your truths, and know what tools you have to fulfill your purpose.” ― Steve Marabolizandrachilcote (60)in photo • 6 years agosunrise over lake seeburgMaxim of life: “I suppose [my life] has most resembled a blue chip stock: fairly stable, more ups than downs, and gradually trending upward over time. A good buy, a lucky buy, and I've learned…zandrachilcote (60)in photo • 6 years agolake and sky as oneMaxim of life: “Ah, Nothing is too late, till the tired heart shall cease to palpitate.” ― Henry Wadsworth Longfellowzandrachilcote (60)in photo • 6 years agosiro on the fenceMaxim of life: “Out, out brief candle, life is but a walking shadow...a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.” ― William Shakespearezandrachilcote (60)in photo • 6 years agorain on the climbing roadMaxim of life: “Even as your body betrays you, your mind denies it.” ― Sara Gruenzandrachilcote (60)in photo • 6 years agoclimbing up to exerciseMaxim of life: “But fate, as Merlin always taught us, is inexorable. Life is a jest of the Gods, Merlin liked to claim, and there is no justice. You must learn to laugh, he once told me, or else…zandrachilcote (60)in photo • 6 years agoulva islandtree on the treeMaxim of life: “The fact that a cloud from a minor volcanic eruption in Iceland—a small disturbance in the complex mechanism of life on the Earth—can bring to a standstill the aerial traffic over…zandrachilcote (60)in photo • 6 years agocruisestirling fallsMaxim of life: “Be yourself. Don't worry about what other people are thinking of you, because they're probably feeling the same kind of scared, horrible feelings that everyone does.” ― Phil Lesterzandrachilcote (60)in photo • 6 years agomilford-hwykeaMaxim of life: “As for me, I was just trying to get it right, whatever that means. But now I finally felt I was on my way. Everyone had a forever, but given a choice, this would be mine. The one…zandrachilcote (60)in photo • 6 years agoqueenstown gardenim watching youMaxim of life: “Things will get easier, people's minds will change, and you should be alive to see it.” ― Ellen DeGeneres