A DIFFERENT SUNSET WITHIN THE SAME SUNSET…WHAT??

I feel very blessed to live in southern California.  Even in my limited travels, nearly everyone who crosses my path indicates how much they would love to live here.  I always ask them, “So, why don’t you?” 

Most people spend their entire lives wishing for something…contemplating a dream.  But they live in fear of that first step and the unknown of where that journey may lead.  I have to admit, I’m not like those people at all!  I relish the excitement of that first step, and welcome the rush of the possibilities of where that journey may lead! 

Not so very long ago when I was in my 20’s, [some of you chuckled at that statement…I don’t understand] my wife and I along with our two sons visited southern California for the very first time.  Needless to say, we fell in love with it.  In fact I clearly remember thinking, I would love to live here!  The more I thought about it, the more I talked to my wife about it, the more I said, “Why Not?”

Two years later we were living here!  All because I said, “Why Not?”  Well, not completely.  But, that was the beginning.  Now please don’t misunderstand me.  I’m not advocating a mindless migration without any thought or plan!  No, no! 

What I am saying is this: The beginning of any achievement is asking yourself, “Why not?”

Huntington Beach, California

This is a scene that I am blessed to see nearly everyday!  Such beauty!  When I captured this image there were probably 15 other people photographing the very same sunset.  Some of them tourists, while others were professionals.  Each one of us captured a different image, even though we were all photographing the same identical sunset.  That’s the beauty of a sunset – it’s unique…even within itself.  I probably snapped 100 shots of this same sunset that evening.  Some taken only seconds apart.  Yet, each of them different.  Literally, a different sunset within the same sunset!

It’s the same way with people.  Billions of people – yet no two alike.  You are that one unique person only you can be.  And even that will change in a few minutes as you progress through life and experience the transitions that come to all of us.

What do you wish for?  What do you dream about?  The first step to accomplishing anything is asking yourself the question, “Why not?”

NOW IS THE TIME…TO ASK, “WHY NOT?’

When you reach an impasse with a problem, take a new approach.

Free your mind from negativity.

Explore all the possibilities, however unlikely,

Ask yourself, “Why not?”

Then, follow that question to its conclusion.

“Why not go out on a limb?  Isn’t that where the fruit is?”  —Frank Scully

 

 

 

 

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~ by photographyfree4all on March 30, 2011.