Quote of the day: “Life is simple. Everything happens for you, not to you. Everything happens at exactly the right moment, neither too soon nor too late. You don’t have to like it… it’s just easier if you do.” – Byron Katie
Mill City Area of Minneapolis
On a gray day in a gray mood, the Mill City Area was a perfect place to make photos that reflected the weather and my mood. I met a photographer friend down by the Guthrie theater and we shot photos of the old mill area. I enjoyed getting together with her and we had a lovely evening. And I learned how much my mood impacts the pleasure I take in making photographs. Gray mood equals mediocre photo shoot.
I was in a funk all week. Every time I expand my business into a new area – last week opening my Etsy shop – doubts and fear creep up again. When I don’t have an immediate positive response to my work, I start second guessing myself and imagining all sorts of negative responses. I have not yet learned the skill of detaching myself from outcome and working for the sheer love of what I’m doing.
So the challenge for me now is riding through the waves of doubt and uncertainty that rise up when I’m trying something new. I want to challenge the negative thoughts when they happen instead of simmering in a funk all week.
Byron Katie (author of Loving What Is and A Thousand Names for Joy ) uses 4 questions that she calls “the Work” to challenge thoughts and beliefs. The four questions are:
- Is it true?
- Can you absolutely know that it’s true?
- How do you react, what happens when you believe that thought?
- Who would you be without the thought?
View across the river - Pillsbury Sign
Broken Windows
Decaying Door
Northwestern University Healing Garden
Northwestern University Healing Garden
Yellow Lily
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