I enjoy the challenge of trying to take a photo a day as an exercise in awareness but, before April, had never participated in a formal photo challenge with other photographers.
Signing up for Susannah Conway's April Love 2015 was an exercise in self discovery and learning to love yourself. And I think it was the impetus I needed to rehaul this blog.
“That's not a challenge for you ...”
“I do that when I exercise - I don't watch the TV or listen to music or anything ...”
“I do this everyday. I live alone so there is no-one to talk to ...”
These were some of the responses when I initially announced I was doing the Quiet Quest, a fund-raising activity for The Yoga Foundation that required me to be silent and unplugged for the equivalent of 30 minutes of 30 days in October.
“We all have a fear of the unknown. What one does with that fear will make all the difference in the world.”
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Raw sinuses. Chills. Headache. Lethargic. Do you think my body was trying to tell me something?
What is it about business and the corporate world that makes me feel I need to hide the truth? It seems my company is always ‘selling’ the good points about a product, service or people, and ‘hiding’ the bad. Why is the ‘bad’—for example a lack of skills, knowledge or experience—a problem? Everyone has to start somewhere: even those of us who have been working for a long time are still learning.
I'm currently walking around like a "Frankenstein gorilla" - stiff-legged, sway-backed, bent over, and I think a little lop-sided. It's hard to believe that, just over a month ago, I was revelling in my body's improved strength and flexibility as I practised Surya Namaskara.
