10 on 10 | september

lately i have been trying to understand what makes me tick.  i have been a “glass is half empty” kind of person my whole life.  life hurt me.  it still does.  but it used to hurt a lot and i think my heart broke so many times so many years ago that i just expect it to keep on breaking now.   but when i look around me and see what is real and what is now without the tint of the past, there truly is so much light.  so much love.  and things are good.  sure life is hard.  at times lonely.  but i know i am loved immensely and i love these people i call my family more than life itself.  so i am trying to focus on the good and be grateful for what i have now rather than what i once lost.  we are all healthy.  we have a roof over our heads, food in the fridge, clothes to wear, an old boat that sometimes runs.  but most of all we are all here.  we are all together.  and this most definitely makes my cup runneth over.

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Please continue to follow the blog circle to see all of the photographer’s inspiring work this month.  Up next is a photographer whose work always captivates me.  I love the way DeAnna McCasland captures her beautiful life.