The “routine” of it all gives us a familiarity that leads to an assumption it will all still be there tomorrow, and we instead focus all of our attention on the stresses of the day, the outrageous political fighting, social media, worries about our finances, petty differences with others, all the while ignoring those things we are most familiar with and matter the most to us.\u00a0 \u00a0They can be so close to us, we don’t really see them.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n For many people, there are those moments where the “routine” comes to a very abrupt, harsh, unavoidable STOP:\u00a0 “you have cancer”, “your son has cancer”, “your child was in a severe accident”, “I can’t move my right arm”, “I just found him lying there”, “I don’t love you any more”, “I hit the brakes but couldn’t stop in time.” …<\/p>\n We take so much in life for granted, and even when we start focusing very intently on being thankful for everything in our lives as a gift, we still<\/em> end up taking so much for granted.<\/p>\n It’s those darn distractions about what is wrong with our world that keep us from seeing all that is right in our world and being thankful for those things, even the smallest of things.\u00a0 (And in most cases, they are not “things”).<\/p>\n I urge you to take time to practice a life of gratitude. Love the people in your life a little more.\u00a0 Wake up each day with a little more appreciation that you have one more day on this amazing planet.<\/p>\n Make each day a great day.\u00a0 It won’t be perfect. Not everything will go according to plans. That’s ok. Don’t lose sight of what REALLY matters, and choose to live<\/strong> this day, not just exist in it.<\/p>\n And back to photography… how you feel about this world around you totally shapes how you see the world, and how you see the world totally shapes how you photograph it.\u00a0 Practice your photography with a sense of wonder and gratitude for each and every moment.<\/p>\n Take more time to just sit on a park bench and reflect on this amazing life you have been given. Do it now.\u00a0 Not tomorrow.<\/p>\n All you really have is now.<\/p>\n I know, this is supposed to be a photography blog.\u00a0 You’ll find all kinds of blogs out there where they’ll try to convince you that if you just buy this camera, this lens, this fancy piece of photography gear, your photographs will be so much more amazing.\u00a0 I am finding, at this time of my … Continue reading Never Take Life for Granted<\/span> ![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.kgphotoworkshops.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/reflect.jpg\")
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