(reposting photo for number references - if you care to figure it out!)

I thought this Photo A Day was a great idea when a friend sent it to me…and a saw others doing it as well. I wanted to wait all month, and make a collage out of all the ones I did…easier to share…and who does not love collages? I’m actually hoping to do more of these; I have found a lot of inspiring photography out there that fueled many different creative ideas out of me. Plus a lot is interpretation of meaning…words are wonderful aren’t they? 

I took two different pictures for #2 & #4 and I couldn’t decide what to share, so decided on both. 

Now I know #15 isn’t a sunset, but the sunrise can be just as beautiful if you wake up early enough ;). 

I hope you liked my pictures as much as I enjoyed taking them!!

“These are the things I learned:

• Share everything. 
• Play fair. 
• Don’t hit people. 
• Put things back where you found them. 
• Clean up your own mess. 
• Don’t take things that aren’t yours. 
• Say you’re sorry when you hurt somebody. 
• Wash your hands before you eat. 
• Flush. 
• Warm cookies and cold milk are good for you. 
• Live a balanced life - learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some. 
• Take a nap every afternoon. 
• When you go out in the world, watch out for traffic, hold hands and stick together. 
• Be aware of wonder. 
• The biggest word of all - LOOK. 

Everything you need to know is in there somewhere. The Golden Rule and love and basic sanitation. Ecology and politics and equality and sane living. Think what a better world it would be if we all - the whole world - had cookies and milk at about 3 o’clock in the afternoon and then lay down with our blankies for a nap. Or if all governments had as a basic policy to always put things back where they found them and to clean up their own mess.” -ROBERT FULGHUM repeated by Ms. Phoebe Tonkin

This gave me pause today, as I read it, fathomed it, and then needed to pass it on. 

Why does one write? Probably for a million reasons and more. Each thought brings upon more thoughts that are eventually scrabbled down, which then could lead to something bigger…something more. 

I’m hoping that this entry may lead to that something more. It’s a domino effect kind of idea…one that I cannot take credit for, but one I very much wanted to pass on. 

1. Buy a journal, a notepad/book, post it notes, etc. 

2. Write down every day 3 things you are grateful for. (Can be the same thing if that is how you feel). 

3. Reflect. (See where it leads you). 

4. After a certain period of time (you decide), pass the book along to someone else with the fore-mentioned instructions. You could even leave instructions to return it to you once the journal is filled up. See where it all will lead.