So true.

Beautiful Balloons i found on the amazing website http://www.dailybitsofbeauty.com

To Risk

By William Arthur Ward

“To laugh is to risk appearing a fool,

To weep is to risk appearing sentimental.

To reach out to another is to risk involvement,

To expose feelings is to risk exposing your true self.

To place your ideas and 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 despair,

To try is to risk failure.

But risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.

The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing.

He may avoid suffering and sorrow,

But he cannot learn, feel, change, grow or live.

Chained by his servitude he is a slave who has forfeited all freedom.

Only a person who risks is free.

The pessimist complains about the wind;

The optimist expects it to change;

And the realist adjusts the sails.”

I might not be someone’s first choice but I’m a great choice. I may not be rich but I’m valuable. I don’t pretend to be someone I’m not because I’m good at being me. I might not be proud of some of the things I’ve done in the past but I’m proud of who I am today. I may not be perfect but I don’t need to be. Take me as I am, or watch me as I walk away.

- Status on FB by Belinda. x

Baby Octopus. Possibly one of the cutest things in the world.

“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking, and don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart… You’ll know when you find it.”
- Steve Jobs
(Thanks to The Hoffman Process UK for the quote)