Life, Inspiration and Gratitude

 The first shot was taken at 6:12 am, such a gorgeous summers day. Blue skies, sunshine and amazing views, a great start to the day absorbing the beauty. An early start to the day makes me so grateful for the simple pleasures nature has to offer. The early morning crisp fresh air, the sunrise and warmth on your skin, the hues of the sky that changes with every sunrise, I truly believe no two sunrises are every the same and every single time I am in awe at the awakening of the sun each morning, truly a captivating experience. The below picture was taken at the Umhlanga nature reserve, the walk way is build over the water and not the most stable, not straight either so one has to exercise caution when treading along here. Much like life to be honest, the journey is never stable, there are always twists and turns along the way, humps and bumps, however it doesn't mean we don't take the journey, in fact we learn with every step how to navigate through life, and every wrong step alo...

In the recent months I have taken to beach walks and attempting to capture the beauty I see in nature and just anything really that I find to be captivating and inspiring. The pictures I have added here were taken whilst walking along the Umhlanga promenade in Durban, one of my most favourite places to spend my time.  These pictures one would imagine would have been taken on different days, times and angles. These however were taken on the same day an hour of each other, of different directions of the lighthouse. For me it was amazing that you could look at exactly the same object but from completely different angles and see something very different. The first picture appears to be a beautiful day, clear blue skies and the second the opposite with grey clouds and very gloomy, both beautiful in their own right, but shows us that life is about perception. Its about what we choose to see and how we choose to see it. The way we comprehend what we see and the feelings this invokes withi...