photo blog

my lack of attention to this blog can be blamed on something - and it's a good thing. That would be my new photo blog. I have decided to start a more professional blog strictly for my photography and art. This one will still be used for other musings, finds and thoughts. So everyone venture over to my [new] other blog and let me know what you think.

sarahannphoto.wordpress.com

Something wise I stumbled upon...

The greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.
To laugh is to risk appearing to be a fool. To weep is to risk appearing sentimental. To reach out for another is to risk involvement. To expose feelings is to risk exposing your true self. To place your ideas, your dreams, before a crowd is to risk their loss. To love is to risk not being loved in return.
To live is to risk dying. To hope is to risk disappointment. To try is the risk failure.
But risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.
The person who risks nothing has nothing ... and knows nothing... and is nothing.
They may avoid suffering and sorrow but they cannot lean to feel, change, grow, love, or live.
Chained by their certitudes, they are slaves; they have forfeited their freedom.
Only a person who risks is Free.

Everything is run by laws. Law of nature, the law of physics, the law of the governments. But the Law of God supercedes and can override all of that. But its not just law. Its also the beauty. The beauty of mercy and compassion for someone who deserves death. Creativity and art is beauty. But life should never be guided by feelings. when I use the word instinct, I mean a gut feeling in my stomach based on knowledge in my head accumilated from experience in life. Life should never be guided by feelings, A life guided by reason and imagination is best. A life guided by the Word of God is better.
-Paul Marshall

I have no idea who Paul Marshall is, I found this online, but I think it is refreshing and inspirational. Human knowledge and feelings really only go so far...