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The Zen of Photography Yeah, its kinda interesting, being now, and looking then. And being curious if the photo will turn out. Holding the past, present, and future, in the being now, aah. Let it go.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #zendesertrat #Zen #photography_love #photography #I #aim #meditationwalk #arboretumsoftheworld #meditationstation #zenphotography #relaxnothingisundercontrol #timetravel #benow #beautifullife #enjoythemoment #enjoytheride #enjoythejourney #beatpeace #thejoyofphotography #entertainment #ejcarboretum #peaceintheparoxysm (at Harrisonburg, Virginia) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxcI51AhFXB/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1kw65w2s4typp

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I'm learning that when I am existing in the moment that I become aware of a great deal of different things going on in and around this thing I call self. Its amazing. This morning my anxiety was triggered by something, and I became aware of the trigger, and why, then was able to reverse engineer the subconscious response, reassess the mechanisms, and choose a different perspective on the entire situation. Thus eliminating a great deal of suffering that would have been inevitable by the previous course of action. I am gaining the super human ability to change my future, by being aware of, and able to freely manipulate my own current state of mind. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #stateofmind #awareness #selfawareness #benow #letgo #consciousness #beaware #inspiration #motivation #controlyourownmind #mindcontrol #enlightenment #educateyourself #insight #behave #behaviour #innerpeace #innergrowth #innerlight #bethechange #triggered #triggerwarning #mindyou #mindfullness #mindful #mindofnomind #superhuman #peaceintheparoxysm https://www.instagram.com/p/BxZ8dlUBNTT/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=iyn640xtcycq

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Baby Steps: It doesn't matter how long you take Just keep moving forward. Success isn't a destination It is a journey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #babysteps #ducklings #ducks #encouragement #inspiration #motivation #zendesertrat #selfimprovement #selfdiscipline #selfforgiveness #selfawareness #selfcontrol #motivateyourself #yougotthis #dontgiveup #effort #effortless #bethechange #dothething #happinesswithin #havefaithinyourself #love #ducklips #duckface #wildlife_shots #wildlife_captures #wildlife_photography #peaceintheparoxysm https://www.instagram.com/p/BxYQLXLBZjM/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ay0w8lk6asfr

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Chronic pain causes tens of thousands of people a year to lose their jobs, and severely deteriorates quality of life, most the time, for the rest of their life. I myself lost pretty much everything after the pain became severe enough. I was incredibly depressed through it all, but a strange and wonderful thing happened to me after everything I had was all gone that helped me be grateful for all of it. My depression and anxiety is much easier to deal with now, and I feel a greater level of inner peace. I decided to be grateful for having it all to lose in the first place. I had lost sight of the gratitude when I had it all, but realised it when it was gone. I received the gift of having it all, And in the losing Recieved the gift of being grateful for it all again, and the wisdom to be more mindful, and grateful of the things that come my way in the future. Also in not holding on to anything, I let go of depression, anxiety, stress, self doubt, and fear of the unknown future. The unknown has now become an epic adventure to explore every corner of it until I can witness no more. The pain isn't going away, so I might as well accept it, and bring it a long. At least I won't have the added suffering of trying to fight it forever unsuccessfully. . . . . . . . . . . . #enlightenment #chronicpainawareness #chronicpain #survive #dealingwithchronicpain #motivation #motivate #gratitudeattitude #gratitude #gratefulforthestruggle #gratefulforthejourney #thankyourteachers #givethanks #discoveringtheunexpectedblessingsallaroundus #innerpeace #love #kindness #selfforgiveness #selfawareness #peaceintheparoxysm https://www.instagram.com/p/BxXZ4KxBRpm/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=nwrztq1oqigg

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Happy Mothers Day To all the mothers out there in social media land, I hope you all have a beautiful day, and that your children don't stress you out to much today. . . . . . . . . . . . . #happymothersday #happy #mothers #day #iloveyoumom https://www.instagram.com/p/BxW9BeTBwY9/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ebidnp2djs0

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Ties that bind: . . . . . . . . . . #spiders #spiderwebs #webs #artisticpicture #naturelovers #nature_captures #photography_love #spidermania #spidersofinstagram #spider #arachnid https://www.instagram.com/p/BxTFUAhBpmx/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=rlj2hjdrpzrl

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Personal development, enlightenment, learning to let go, All an excersize in the desire to have things better than they are right now. Desire, in and of its self, creates suffering. Go figure. . . . . . . . . . . #philosophy #deepthoughtsofjoshua #deepthoughts #questionofbalance #lifeisbeautiful #beautyofthismoment #beautyofconsciousness #spiritualawareness #enlightenment #oxymoron #interdependentorigionation #yinyang #thenatureofthings #zendesertrat #innerpeace #personaldevelopment #personalgrowth #benow #beatpeace #thismomentholdingme #relaxnothingisundercontrol #thistooshallpass # https://www.instagram.com/p/BxSIP8zl2Gb/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=13q5civzbbrqz

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Elysium Now Sublimated To The Past By Times Constant. . . . . . . . . . . . . #photography_love #photographyoftheday #photographylover #photographynature #nature_brilliance #nature_lovers #naturephotography #flowers_mania__ #flowers_igers #flowers_earth #artisticgarden #artisticpicture #fineartphotographer #fineart_photo #artisticnaturephotos #gratefulforthejourney #gratitude #elysium #sublime #earthshots #earth_shotz #earthart #peaceintheparoxysm https://www.instagram.com/p/BxQMEtgFTzC/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1m55jir6ba5l4

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You know, in my private life—I must confess to you—I’ve had a terrible time with this because I love my work. And people who had absolutely, say, no comprehension or interest in what I’m doing would wonder how do I keep up the pace? How can I possibly do this, that, and the other? I love it. But then there are other people who say, “You never do a lick of work in your life! You’re playing all the time. Just goofing off. It’s too easy for you”—see?—“because you love it.” But that’s the only way to get it done, and done well! Because if you have something that is, say, a good marriage: a good marriage is not the result of forcing yourself into that marriage. Are you seriously supposing that if you say to your husband or wife, “Darling, do you really love me?” and the partner answers, “I’m trying my best to do so.” This is simply not a satisfactory marriage. We are not going to get beautiful work by mere effort against the grain. When you—you can tell a cook instantly, by tasting one mouthful of a dish, whether it was cooked out of a sense of duty or cooked out of love. A person, say, who cooks out of true love would, of course, encounter days on which it is difficult. But somehow, the overall love of the art will manage to get him through those days when it’s difficult. And so with marriage, and so with the mastery of any other art. But it is on the end of the older people—it is up to the teachers, the parents—to present the disciplines of life as something that’s not just what you ought to know, but as something that it is beautiful to understand. -Alan Watts- #alanwatts #deepthoughts #philosophy #peaceintheparoxysm #love #loveit #dowhatyoulove #lovewhatyoudo #happinesswithin #innerpeace #teachyourchildrenwell https://www.instagram.com/p/BxPFiN3FweL/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1xwn0qbhf17xk

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I The individual organism Am a structure of such fabulous ingenuity That it calls the whole universe into being. -Alan Watts- . . . . . . . . . . #photography_love #photography #flowers #artisticpicture #fineartphotographer #fineartflowers #artisticnaturephotos #artinspiredbynature #fineartphotography #artislife🎨 #artistics #photographylovers💕💕 #photography_top #awesome_photographers #naturephotography #pictureday #gratitude #beexcellenttoeachother #peaceintheparoxysm https://www.instagram.com/p/BxPCf54FThN/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=cghfjleubfxw

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"You know you're all alone Your friends they aren't at home Everybody's gone to the garden As you look into the trees You can look but you don't see The flowers seem to tease you at the garden Everybody's there, but you don't seem to care What's it with you man, and this garden, oh yeah" -GNR- They didn't write this song about the arboretum, but it goes through my head sometimes as I walk down the trails. . . . . . . . . . #garden #gunsandroses #ejcarboretum #musicinmyhead #relaxnothingisundercontrol #photography_love #photographyoftheday #morningwalk #fineart_photography #fineartflowers #fineartphotography #artistic_empire #artisticnaturephotos #artistic_nation #fineartphotographer #virginiaisbeautiful #Virginia #harrisonburgva #artinspiredbynature #naturelovers #flowers #flowers_shotz #peaceintheparoxysm https://www.instagram.com/p/BxOKrKmlyYh/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1hu4og1ztszsx

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Morning walk through the @ejc_arboretum this morning. The rhododendron are flowering, and the air smells so beautiful along the trails today. . . . . . . . . . . #gardenscapes #gardensoftheworld #gardens #ejcarboretum #jmuarboretum #arboretumsoftheworld #flowers_mania__ #flowermagic #flowerpower🌸 #flowersofinstagram #flowers_earth #flowers_shotz #flowers_energy #naturesbeauty #mothernature #instaflower #igbest_shotz #ig_flowers #Virginia #harrisonburgva #virginiaisbeautiful #love #gratitude #gratefulforthestruggle #peaceintheparoxysm https://www.instagram.com/p/BxNn5YIFtTQ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=j5qm6arfch70

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Tommy The morning air was warm, humid, and foggy, as tommy looked out the kitchen window while getting a glass of water. He noticed a rather large black spot on the grass under the tree, and wondered if it was one of the many birds feeding from the seeds in his bird feeder. It didn't move for a long time, so he figured it must be a stick or something like that. A little while later, Tommy looked out and saw that the spot had moved. And that the birds had stopped coming around. Then he noticed a few more black spots in the lawn, and a few of them much bigger than the birds, much, much bigger. "Mmmmm..... Mmmooomm"..."help". He tried to scream, but the shear terror of the realizations of what was happening paralyzed him just as fast as any venom could. . . . . . . . . . . . . . #eatatjoes #spiders #lifefeedsonlife #spiderfood #tommy #spiders #stories #shortstories #scaryspider #ilovespiders #creepycrawly #gonnagitya #nightmares #viralart #tarantula #tarantulasofinstagram #tarantulas #spidermania #spiderverse #spidersoftheworld #instaspider #spiders #love #lovebug #prettyspiders #spiderlover #goodmorning #inspiration #motivation #peaceintheparoxysm https://www.instagram.com/p/BxM0_cbls5-/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1fn0hi5trertp

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Rockingham County Court House: Harrisonburg Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @visitharrisonburgva #Virginia #harrisonburgva #visit #jmu #bnwphotography #photography (at Harrisonburg, Virginia) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxLYSoBFvpo/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1f6298xkaevlx

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Metamorphosis: Change is inevitable Accept it, and be free from the struggles that arise from fighting an inevitability. Invite change, and be filled with wonder. . . . . . . . . . . #seemyshadowchanging #changeyourthoughts #changetheworld #bethechange #metamorphosis #evolve #southernutah #leedsutah #utah #clouds #gratefulforthestruggle #gratitude #peaceintheparoxysm https://www.instagram.com/p/BxKtGu2FqtU/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=etof4ylg3if8

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Squeeze the Juice Buddy: Manifested, Or manifesting Either way, Here you are. What you gonna choose to do with it today? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #manifest #abundance #mindset #inspiration #gratefulforthestruggle #gratitude #sunsetskies #clouds #southernutah #squeezethejuice #choosehappiness #liveelevated #enjoythejourney #enjoytheride #relaxnothingisundercontrol #live #love #learn #beinspired #smile #endure #strikesandgutters #abide #balance #photography_love #beatpeace #peaceintheparoxysm https://www.instagram.com/p/BxKAtEQlrYk/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=35ecgyjaxvve

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Support Systems: We all need them one in a while. . . . . . . . . . . #beexcellenttoeachother #kindness #bethechange #community #beatpeace #smile #love #neighbors #gratefulheart #gratitude #compassion #caring #support #supportsystem #solidfoundation #functionalstrength #inspiration #symbiosis #together #supporteachother #thankful #beautifullife #hanginthere #thistooshallpass #peaceintheparoxysm https://www.instagram.com/p/BxJA809FtJL/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1vgw9tc98mtld