When life
gets busy with work, family and friends sometimes it takes something different
to steal your attention and bring a smile to your face. With my more than hectic schedule lately my attention was certainly taken by a photo of a macaque
monkey in Indonesia taking a self-portrait and from the looks of things quite
enjoying it! (photo can be found by following the link below). This type of moment is captured for a lifetime and I suppose it
made news because animals in the wild shouldn't really understand the concept
of posing for a camera, after all they don't really know what the camera does,
but that didn't seem to stop this guy striking a pose and showing us a
beautiful smile. Life really is funny, unexpected and extraordinary if this
monkey shot is anything to go by. Personally it makes me smile every time I look
at it.
“Respect yourself enough to walk away from anything that no longer serves you, grows you, or makes you happy.” Robert Tew When i first read this quote i thought, yes! I agree and of course this is how we should all be. It's the only way to really achieve that happiness factor that we crave as human beings, but when we look at everyday decision making in reality, can we really say we have all done this to the nth degree? Chosen to leave a job as soon as it got tiresome and less rewarding or did we stick it out to get that promotion we thought was well deserved after however many hours, months or even years of effort went into it. Can we honestly agree that every relationship we have been in has served us well, or made us grow for that matter? I think not. It's sad to admit but the decisions we make in life don't often involve our own happiness as a first basic instinct. We tend to rationalise and within a capitalist society we try to bal
I haven't seen this - amazing!
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