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Canadian Wetplate Collodion Photographer, Artist, Poet, Educator, Husband, Father. DisABILITY Advocate. Winnipeg, Manitoba
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When a person really desires something, all the universe conspires to help that person to realize his dream. —Paulo Coelho #happiness #positivity

There is a wonderful mythical law of nature that the three things we crave most in life - happiness, freedom and peace of mind - are always attained by giving them to someone else. —Peyton Conway March #happiness #positivity

We must never surrender. America will get better and better. Keep hope alive. Keep hope alive. —Jesse Jackson #happiness #positivity

Put your ear down close to your soul and listen hard. —Anne Sexton #happiness #positivity

Toil, feel, think, hope; you will be sure to dream enough before you die, without arranging for it. —John Sterling #positivity #happiness

Courageous risks are life-giving, they help you grow, make you brave, and better than you think you are. —Joan L. Curcio #positivity #happiness

Happiness is made to be shared. #happiness #positivity

Tell me whom you love and I will tell you who you are. —Arsène Houssaye #happiness #positivity

Very sad to hear that local photographer Ted Grant has passed away. Such a loss to the photography community. RIP

Know yourself well first, then you can know others. With this knowledge comes the vision for personal success. —Cynthia Tam #positivity #happiness

Know what you want to do, hold the thought firmly, and do every day what should be done, and every sunset will see you that much nearer the goal. —Elbert Hubbard #happiness #positivity

I think we dream so we don't have to be apart so long. If we're in each other's dreams, we can play together all night. —Bill Watterson #positivity #happiness

Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong. —Ella Fitzgerald #happiness #positivity

Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect —Marcus Aurelius #positivity #happiness

It is my own firm belief that the strength of the soul grows in proportion as you subdue the flesh. —Mohandas Gandhi #happiness #positivity

If you have goals and procrastination you have nothing. If you have goals and you take action, you will have anything you want. —Thomas J. Vilord #positivity #happiness

If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give. —George MacDonald #happiness #positivity

Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, not those who know much, who so #positivity #happiness

I look at my myself and see a stone, I look at my friends and see gold, But I look at you, and see a gem. #positivity #happiness

Beauties in vain their pretty eyes may roll; charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul. —Alexander Pope #happiness #positivity

Much education today is monumentally ineffective. All too often we are giving young people cut flowers when we should be teaching them to grow their own plants. —John W. Gardner #positivity #happiness

Turning back the pages of my sweet shattered dream, I wonder if she'll ever do the same; And the thing that I call living is just being satisfied With knowing I've got no one left to blame. —Gordon Lightfoot #happiness #positivity

It never works out like it's planned, but it always works out like it should. —Nancy Witt Adams #positivity #happiness

I don't think people were betting on me, but they were giving me a chance. I think I rode a wave there, by being different in appearance than the girls who preceded me. —Elisabeth Rohm #happiness #positivity

If there be a love pure and free from the admixture of our other passions, it is that which lies hidden in the bottom of our heart, and which we know not ourselves. —François de La Rochefoucauld #happiness #positivity

I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered at the White House, with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone. —John Fitzgerald Kennedy #positivity #happiness

Trust yourself. Create the kind of person that you will be happy with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement. —Foster C. McClellan #positivity #happiness

My boredom threshold is low at the best of times but I have spent more time being slowly and excruciatingly bored by children than any other section of the human race. —William H. Borah #positivity #happiness

Our task is not to fix the blame for the past, but to fix the course for the future. —John Fitzgerald Kennedy #positivity #happiness

Google is a global Rorschach test. We see in it what we want to see. Google has built an infrastructure that makes a lot of dreams closer to reality. —John Battelle #happiness #positivity

Be Prepared! —Boy Scout Motto #positivity #happiness

Focussing in a camera’s view finder or ground glass is similar to focusing within in one’s own life. The more clearly you see it before jumping in and firing the shutter, the better the outcome will be. Take time to consider a clear visual, before pressing the shutter button.

If you can dream it, you can do it. Your limits are all within yourself. —Brian Tracy #happiness #positivity

Hope sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible. —Charles Caleb Colton #positivity #happiness

It seems to me that we can never give up longing and wishing while we are alive. There are certain things we feel to be beautiful and good, and we must hunger for them always. —George Eliot #positivity #happiness

An amazing and beautiful morning at Kildonan Park, and grabbing a fun breakfast while out! Incredible start to the day!

Goodness, armed with power, is corrupted and pure love without power is destroyed. —Reinhold Niebuhr #happiness #positivity

From Discarded Logs to Artistic Masterpieces: A Woodturning Artisan's Creative Transformation #hobby #woodworking www.youtube.com/watc...

Largest single day turnout in history for early voting, and still numerous days to go. #elbowsup #canada

DIY Wooden Storage Cabinet Ideas. Smart DIY Wood Storage Solutions You Can Actually Build #hobby #woodworking www.youtube.com/watc...

The key to will power is want power. People who want something bad enough can usually find the will power to achieve. #positivity #happiness

Power Your Gear Anywhere with the New SmallRig Battery www.youtube.com/watc...

And after all, what is a lie? 'T is but The truth in masquerade. —Miguel de Cervantes #positivity #happiness

Transforming Reclaimed Wood from a 129-Year-Old Fishing Boat into a One-of-a-Kind Table: Recycling #hobby #woodworking www.youtube.com/watc...

Just got back from voting. So easy, nearly no one there. Lol 5 mins in and out! Please get out and vote! Your #vote matters, let your voice be heard. #canada

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved. —Helen Keller #happiness #positivity

One Length of Fabric, Lots of Possibilities | Take & Make Great Photography with Gavin Hoey www.youtube.com/watc...

Builds an Extraordinary Table from a Unique Dead Tree Trunk - A Masterful Woodworking Idea #hobby #woodworking www.youtube.com/watc...

Top Features of the New Hollyland Wireless Microphone www.youtube.com/watc...

We are both drawn to surreal situations so the writing was a joy. —Dylan Moran #happiness #positivity