Ends of The Earth


When we were kids, life was simple. Wake up, eat, play, sleep, repeat. As we get older, responsibilities begin to kick in. First, we add going to school. With that comes the stress of making friends, then getting good grades, making the team, playing well, and homework that all looks like Greek the first time. Then comes thinking about your future. You have to maintain a certain grade point average to even be CONSIDERED for the college you hope to get into, and then be accepted. Once college comes, then you have to learn to live outside of the nest: homework, term papers, semester courses, credits, graduation, and a job after graduation. Once you get a job, it doesn't get easier because now you have car payments, rent, mortgage, utilities, and Keeping Up With the Kardashians. On top of all that, there are life stresses: who likes me and who doesn't, is my work good enough, car problems, the loss of loved ones. All of that jam-packed into one lifetime. We can now see how overwhelming life gets the older we get.

If we had to handle all this at one time, it's enough to make our heads explode. Sometimes, we have to find that nice quiet place where we can put all that aside and BREATHE. We need to decompress and remind ourselves that life does have beauty in it. We may not see it all the time while we have our heads down, dealing with all that life throws at us. Every now and again, we need to set time aside and LOOK for that place. That place that is so calming to us, where those stresses just MELT away. A place to clear our heads, to get ourselves back on track, and be able to deal with everything, one at a time. Somewhere we just enjoy being. To be in the moment and really just appreciate just BEING. We must go out and find that place, even if we have to go to The Ends Of The Earth.


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Photographer's Guide (EXIF):
Camera: Canon Rebel T-6
Aperture: F11
Shutter Speed: 1/125
ISO: 100
Exposure Bias: 0
Focal Length: 17mm
Mode: Manual
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