“Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage.” Benjamin Disraeli
Elephant, Addo National Elephant Park, Eastern Cape, South Africa,2010
” An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight. The truly wise person is colorblind.” Albert Schweitzer
Hermanus, South Coast, Western Cape,South Africa, 2012
“It is health which is real wealth, not pieces of silver and gold.” Gandhi
On Route to Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa,2012
” All you have is now. The measure of our peace of mind and the measure of our personal effectiveness are determined by how much we are able to live in the present moment.” Andrew Matthews
Warthog,Addo National Elephant Park, Eastern Cape, South Africa, 2010
“Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world right in the eye.” Helen Keller
Kraaifontein, Western Cape, South Africa, 2012
“Life flows on within you and without you.” George Harrison
Potsberg, West Coast National Park, Western Cape, South Africa, 2012
“Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.” Mahatma Gandhi
Elephant, Addo National Elephant Park, Eastern Province, South Africa,2010
” You can have everything in life you want, if you will just help other people get what they want.” Zig Ziglar
Elephant, Addo National Elephant Park, Eastern Province, South Africa,2010
“Lost time is never found again.” Benjamin Franklin
On Route to Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa,2012
“People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they’re not on your road doesn’t mean they’ve gotten lost.” H Jackson Browne
Karoo, South Africa, 2012
“The basic thing is that everyone wants happiness, no one wants suffering. And happiness mainly comes from our own attitude, rather than from external factors. If your own mental attitude is correct, even if you remain in a hostile atmosphere, you feel happy.” Dalai Lama
Elephant, Addo National Elephant Park, Eastern Province, South Africa,2010
“Happiness is something that you are and it comes from the way you think.” Dr Wayne Dyer
West Coast National Park, West Coast, South Africa, 2012
“As you reach your goals, set new ones. That is how you grow and become a more powerful person.” Les Brown
Blaauwberg, Western Cape, South Africa, 2012
“Believe deep down in your heart that you’re destined to do great things.” Joe Paterno
West Coast National Park, West Coast, South Africa, 2012
“Finish each day and be done with it. You have don what you could; some blunders and absurdities have crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.” Ralph Waldo Emerson
Bear, Pretoria Zoo, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa,2010
“Don’t let the past steal your present.” Cherralea Morgen
Orange River, Free State, South Africa, 2012
“Each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself: I, Not events, have the power to make me happy of unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn’t arrived yet. I have just on day, today, and I’m going to be happy in it.” Groucho Marx
Elephant, Addo National Elephant Park, Eastern Cape, South Africa, 2010
“Friendship with oneself is all-important because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.” Eleanor Roosevelt
West Coast National Park, West Coast, Western Cape, South Africa, 2012
“One of the surest evidences of friendship that one individual can display to another is telling him gently of a fault. If any other can excel it, it is listening to such a disclosure with gratitude, and amending the error.” Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Seagull, Kleinmond, Western Cape, South Africa,2012
“Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.” Jim Rohn
Sunset, Hope field Road, Western Cape, South Africa, 2012
“One of the most difficult things everyone has to learn is that for your entire life you must keep fighting and adjusting if you hope to survive. No matter who you are or what your position is you must keep fighting for whatever it is you desire at achieve.” George Allen
Elephants drinking, Addo National Elephant Park, Eastern Cape, South Africa, 2010
Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful: a meaningful friend – or a meaningful day. Dalai Lama
“If we couldn’t laugh we would all go insane.” Robert Frost
Potsberg Private Nature Reserve, West Coast National Park, West Coast, Western Cape, South Africa, 2012
“Happiness is a state of mind not what’s in your wallet.” Byron Pulsifer
Golden Gate Highlands National Park, Free State, South Africa, 2012
“The quality of a person’s life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.” Vince Lombardi
Potsberg Private Nature Reserve, West Coast National Park, West Coast, Western Cape, South Africa, 2012
“If daily you feel a sense of gratitude for the blessings of this life it will be a cushion & buffer when challenges arise.” Rose W-T
On route to Bloemfontein, Groot Karroo, South Africa, 2012
“At the end of your life, you will never regret not having passed one more test, not winning one more verdict, or not closing one more deal. You will regret time not spent with a husband, a wife, a friend, a child, or a parent.” Barbara Bush
African Daisy, West Coast National Park, South Africa, 2012
“Flowers are those little colorful beacons of the sun from which we get sunshine when dark somber skies blanket our thoughts.” Dodinsky
Dassie, Avocca, Kirkwood, Eastern Cape, South Africa
“The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world that it leaves to its children.” Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Lake Arthur, Eastern Cape, South Africa
“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” C.S. Lewis
Elephant, Addo National Elephant Park, Eastern Cape, South Africa
“Change your thoughts, and you change your world.” Norman Vincent Peale
Sterkfontein Dam, Free State, Drakensberg, 2012, South Africa
“That best portion of a good man’s life: his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love.” William Wordsworth
Elephant, Addo National Elephant Park, Eastern Cape, South Africa
“If you wait for perfect conditions before you do something, those conditions may never come.” Gina Mohammed
Water, Howic Waterfall, KwaZulu Natal
“In rivers, the water that you touch is the last of what has passed and the first of that which comes; so with present time.” Leonardo da Vinci
Golden Gate HighlandsNational Park, Maluti Mountains ,Free State,South Africa
“To focus on the people who do not like you and the things you cannot change is like climbing an infinite mountain; instead focus on the people who love you and the things you can change and you will find you can move mountains!” Michelle Ghislaine Ambler
Zebra, Mountain Zebra National Park, Eastern Cape, South Africa
“There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them.” Denis Waitley
Table Mountain from Blaauwberg, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
” Shut out all of your past except that which will help you weather your tomorrows.” William Osler
Geese, Benoni, Country View, Gauteng, South Africa
“It’s not knowing what to do, it’s doing what you know.” Anthony Robbins
Ground Squirrel, Mountain Zebra National Park, Eastern Cape, South Africa
“Life is just a mirror, and what you see out there, you must first see inside of you.” Wally Amos
Karroo, South Africa
“It isn’t the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it’s the pebble in your shoe.” Mahummad Ali
Springbok, Mountain Zebra Mountain Park, Eastern Cape, South Africa
“The true test in life does not occur when all is going well. The true test takes place when we are faced with challenges.” Catherine Pulsifer
Orange River, Free State, South Africa
“The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover.” Joseph Addison
Alpine Heath, Drakensberg, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
“Achievement of your happiness is the only moral purpose of your life, and that happiness, not pain or mindless self-indulgence, is the proof of your moral integrity, since it is the proof and the result of your loayalty to the achievement of your values.” Ayn Rand
Country View, Benoni, Gauteng, South Africa
“An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching.” Gandhi
On Route to Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa
“Don’t settle for second best, ever. A life lived at less than its full potential is a life half wasted.” Tony Clark
Sandbaai, Hermanus, East Coast, Western Cape, South Africa
“Those who achieve happiness understand the basic fact that regardless of how much fun you’re having or how many things you accomplish, life through the lens of history is incredibly short.” Ian K Smith
Addo National Elephant Park, Eastern Cape, South Africa
“No valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now.” Alan Watts
Country View, Benoni, Gauteng, South Africa
“What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?” Vincent Van Gogh
Lake Arthur, Eastern Cape, South Africa
“It’s faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes life worth living.” Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr
While on holiday I was constantly looking for props for my photo shoots. My photo of the day for today is one off the props I brought back home…
We went to a Farmers market on the first Saturday of our holiday. The whole time I was looking for something to use in my photo shoots. I saw quite a few things but I had to keep in mind that I have a budget and space in the car was minimal. So whatever I buy must be small enough to fit in my bag or at my feet. I found these four hearts with Love, Hope, Peace and Joy in the last row of little stalls. I asked hubby if he can have a look at it. I wanted to know if I would be able to take the four hearts apart and use the separately.
I spotted some similar hearts made out of metal and wire at a few other tables too. The big difference was the other hearts was single and they cost around R40 per heart and it was approximately the size of the Hope heart. I wanted Afrikaans and English ones so it started working out a bit expensive. I still had my whole holiday left and did not want to spend all my money at a Farmers market on the first day.
I used two of these metal hearts in my photo shoots over the weekend…
Love, Hope, Peace and JoyLove, Hope, Peace & Joy. Black & White
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