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Happy Monday | Be Kind

December 8, 2014 by Ardean Peters

“Be kind for everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about.” A friend posted an exchange on facebook that spoke to this. If someone one does not smile at you. Or doesn’t hold the door. Is rude and impatient. Or any number of things. Maybe this time, try and not take it personally. Maybe it’s not about you. Be kind in return, anyway.

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Mistakes are proof that you are trying | Toronto Photographer

November 24, 2014 by Ardean Peters

Not that it always, or ever, feels like that. Lol. But it is true and good to remember. Mistakes actually move us forward. That’s why I love photography. Even in the midst of making mistakes and being disappointed in an outcome, I am always able to – with a day to step back a lot of the time – look at what I did and see what I can improve, and fix for next time. More important, photography is that […]

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Action Expresses Priorities

November 10, 2014 by Ardean Peters

Happy Monday! Action Expresses Priorities I was watching a talk Casey Neistat gave and in it he showed one of his vids and this quote was in it. It resonates so much with me. Action Expresses Priorities. What you do, is what is most important to you. That’s how I interpret it. So simple huh? You can’t say something is really important and that you want to be doing it, because if it really was you would be doing it. […]

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Peace must be nurtured

August 8, 2014 by Ardean Peters

Listening to Corinne Bailey Rae’s song, ‘Seasons Change’, the chorus caught my attention and resonated: don’t you know that, that patience is a virtue (yes it is), and life is a waiting game… don’t you know that, peace must be nurtured I don’t know if life is so much a waiting game, as much as a ‘just do it’ game. but definitely, peace – our collective peace – seems so fragile at times and definitely needs some more caring hands. […]

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do your thing!

July 26, 2014 by Ardean Peters

Do YOUR thing no matter what anyone tells you.

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share your true colours

July 23, 2014 by Ardean Peters

you with the sad eyes DON’T BE DISCOURAGED oh I realize it’s hard to take courage in a world full of people you can lose sight of it all and the darkness inside you can make you feel so small ‘True Colors’ – Cyndi Lauper

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