Are you dying to live or are you living to die? ๐Ÿ’€

in photography โ€ขย  5 years agoย 

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Sometimes we get caught up looking back at the past and losing sight on our future, and more importantly the present. Our minds seem programmed to reflect rather than live in the moment to itโ€™s fullest potential. We all know what itโ€™s like to get into a disagreement and either let it fester inside you or end up in a full blown argument. Itโ€™s where you go from there that determines your strength and energy. We all have the power to change our situation yet most of us donโ€™t. Is it because we are complacent or satisfied with our current situations? Or are we worried about what others will think or say?

I like to believe that itโ€™s because we have yet to unlock the power of our true sub-conscious mind. As thatโ€™s where most of our reactions with life are coming from and we donโ€™t even realize it. As of lately, even though Iโ€™ve spent a lot of time reflecting on what has happened in my life, itโ€™s led me to understand that I am the only one in control. That is unless I allow for others to control me first, and I will be the first to admit that the latter has been happening in my life for far too long.

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Iโ€™ve been put into situations where I feel as though I am required to do things in order to succeed. Such as purchasing a Buick because of the desire to impress, going to Starbucks because my co-workers do the same, vaccinating my children because itโ€™s what the doctor says to do, working 50+ hours a week as a manager at a Sprint store to afford all the โ€˜niceโ€™ things we โ€˜needโ€™ including my overly priced rent for a house to live in, and so on.

I put myself in this situation and now Iโ€™m here to get myself and my family out of it. Iโ€™ve barely had a living even though the material items in my life may make it seem otherwise. The consumerism in todayโ€™s world has left me with a detached feeling from what โ€˜livingโ€™ actually means. I do not need any of these things to survive and what I do need is the very things Iโ€™ve left out of my life for far too long. Such as health and undivided attention for those who deserve it. I get so caught up in work and trying to make a โ€˜livingโ€™ that sometimes I donโ€™t even take the time to drink a glass of water all day, or when I get home I tell myself Iโ€™m too exhausted to play with my children.

We all need to set aside more time for ourselves and our loved ones. As when we die, from the words of Keanu Reeves, the only thing we know is that โ€˜the ones who love us will miss us.โ€™ So letโ€™s all spend more time loving each other and appreciating the simple things life has to offer.

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ย  ยท ย 5 years agoย 

The past.. it's our strongest enemy.. Thank you for sharing Ma'am @subtlescopes! ^^~ This entry actually made me feel better. Thank you... :)

ย  ยท ย 5 years agoย 

Glad to hear and I really appreciate the support! Hope you have a great day!

ย  ยท ย 5 years agoย 

Beautiful photography

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ย  ยท ย 5 years agoย 

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ย  ยท ย 5 years agoย 

That red cabin is so beautifully framed by the dry maize plants. I think it's maize anyway.

ย  ยท ย 5 years agoย 

Amen to that, for sure! I have to remind myself at time. "How much money do I need to be happy? Healthy? Happy? Healthy? Happy?

We usually don't need as much as we think. My mother never worked while we were growing up, so I enjoyed having a full-time mother teaching us, being there and guiding us in our everyday life. Would we have a better house and nice clothes if she hadn't? Probably. Instead of camping out on the shores of Maine or Cape Cod, perhaps we would have been in a hotel in the Rockies, Hawaii or somewhere cooler.

Except we never felt anything but lucky that we got to go camping.

We have robbed our children of simple fun and gypped ourselves of time with our family and friends having fun and bonding time... Oh, perhaps I am overstating it, but, we no longer raise our children. We expect the school to do it and when something goes wrong, we start pointing fingers as to where the fault lie.

Le sigh.

You are so right and this is so well thought out and written. Thank you for the thoughts today.

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ย  ยท ย 5 years agoย 

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ย  ยท ย 5 years agoย 

There is a lot of pressure to conform, but we just get this one life and should try to make it good for us, whilst respecting others. I might differ from you when it comes to things like vaccination. There is a lot of misinformation out there.

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ย  ยท ย 5 years agoย 

Thank you for the advice on the tags, I will definitely pay closer attention! And my point with the vaccinations is more so that we need to stop trusting what is put in front of us as the โ€˜solutionโ€™ when it is clear there are no intentions for the government to necessarily protect us unless it is for their own agenda. For instance, the CDC and cancer.gov websites state that red meat consumption is a group 2a carcinogen which means that it probably causes cancer. Yet they allow not only companies to profit off it in large quantities but promote it on websites such as the American Heart Association where they literally recommend red meat consumption as a โ€˜healthy diet.โ€™ An association thatโ€™s supposed to protect against heart disease and yet we wonder why 1 out of every 3 Americans is diagnosed with the disease. If itโ€™s not for profit they wouldnโ€™t be doing it and there is no difference between this and the pharmaceutical industry with vaccines and prescription medication. ๐Ÿค” When you look at the paperwork behind the funding of companies like the American Heart Association, it makes sense why they advertise red meat when major corporations and countless fast food businesses are lining their pockets with donated funds..

โ€˜U.S. vaccine sales are estimated to be about $1.5 billion per year, one-quarter of the global vaccine market (about $6 billion per year) (Mercer Management Consulting, 2002).โ€™ - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK221811/

My main statement being that we have far too much trust in those seeking mainly power and money.

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ย  ยท ย 5 years agoย 

I'm aware of the fake controversy about vaccines. Of course there is a financial dimension, but they have saved many lives. Samoa has a measles outbreak that has killed dozens after vaccination rates dropped. There are strong forces trying to destroy trust in science, the media and politics. Some of that may be justified, but it can do a lot of harm.

ย  ยท ย 5 years agoย 

Beautiful photography!!

ย  ยท ย 5 years agoย 

Thank you so much!

ย  ยท ย 5 years agoย 

Beautiful view

I hear you, how many actually think for themselves, instead of just thinking what they are told too. We so have the power to change, we create our own reality and we need to start holding our own, taking back responsibility for our lives. We choice everyday how we interact with ourselves and others, how we interact with the earth, it is our choice xxx

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