1000 Words....The Worth of a Picture

We've all heard a picture is worth a thousand words. Sometimes you just need one word.

Sometimes two different people can look at a picture and each has a different word come to mind.

Sometimes, a word can cover more than one picture.

This is a mash up of words and pictures that are the essence of each other. Consider it a word/picture re-mix.















Wednesday, April 6, 2011

STAND


I don't know of anyone who was born and then just stood up and walked around.  Horses do that, I think.  But not people.  We have to work at it.  We roll and push and pull and cry.  And one day, just like my younger son did a couple weeks ago....you pull yourself up.
I think there is a reason for this with people.  There is a reason you learn to stand by helping yourself get up. 
After all, how many times in life do we fall?
We stumble, we trip, or someone comes along and gives us a hefty shove into the sand.
If we're lucky, we have a friend or loved one there to give us a hand and help us get back up.
If we are luckier, we have learned to get up on our own, just in case we are alone.
I know that Hanson might fall on his journey to crawling, but I also know he'll be able to get himself back upright.
It might take him a few tries at it, but he'll get it because he knows now that he can, and he prefers standing on his own to feet that being on the ground.
Which makes me think about people in life that just lay there and cry when a rock gets in their path or somebody trips them.  Why would anyone want to just accept that?  I mean, sure, if it hurts, cry for a minute or two, scream, yell, throw a rock, whatever, but then get back up.
Don't just sit there, waiting for someone to come along and rescue you.
You can blame nature for tripping you up or someone for pushing you down, but you have no one to blame but yourself for staying down.
You won't get very far by sitting there on your butt complaining about the fall.
Get up, get moving, and continue on your path.  And, if along the way you see someone else that has taken a tumble, give them a hand.

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