“The lotus is the most beautiful flower, whose petals open one by one. But it will only grow in the mud. In order to grow and gain wisdom, first you must have the mud — the obstacles of life and its suffering. … The mud speaks of the common ground that humans share, no matter what our stations in life. … Whether we have it all or we have nothing, we are all faced with the same obstacles: sadness, loss, illness, dying and death. If we are to strive as human beings to gain more wisdom, more kindness and more compassion, we must have the intention to grow as a lotus and open each petal one by one.” ― Goldie Hawn
This post is in response to The Daily Post’s Photo Challenge. You can find the instructions and other entries here: Symmetry
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nice capture..
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Thanks so much for visiting, and for commenting.
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Another beautiful photo, and I love the Goldie Hawn post.
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Thanks. But now that you’ve got me looking deeper into what “could be” in a photo, I’m a little disappointed that I can’t edit them a little. I guess that’s next on the list of things To Do.
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A great combination of photo and quote,
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Yeah, I just “happened” upon the quote the very day I was submitting the photo–serendipity at its finest.
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Brilliant shot !!!!
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Thanks so much, glad you like it. They were hanging outside my kitchen window in Bali. Right place, right time apparently.
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I love both the photo (great capture) and quote (I never know Goldie Hawn was so wise). Great submission for the week.
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Thanks for visiting. I’ve never really thought I have taken a really good shot of a lotus pad. But I guessed this was symetric. And Goldie…yeah, who’d a thunk!
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Gorgeous capture and post. The words are beautiful. Thanks.
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Thanks again. I thought my (very new) blog was going to be mostly my writing. But some of the challenges have caught my attention. And now I’m addicted.
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Most welcome.
When I started blogging it was all about writing. I always had pictures there though. After doing the course Photo101, there was no way back. It is both and I love it.
I side with you.
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I am presently torn between taking upcoming Blogging 101 again (some things I did not actually perform well) and Photo 101.
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