{"items":["5df1016a957d860017645c59","5df0fe09e0375c00176671c5","5df0fe09d70ac60017fa02e9"],"styles":{"galleryType":"Columns","groupSize":1,"showArrows":true,"cubeImages":true,"cubeType":"max","cubeRatio":1.7777777777777777,"isVertical":true,"gallerySize":30,"collageAmount":0,"collageDensity":0,"groupTypes":"1","oneRow":false,"imageMargin":5,"galleryMargin":0,"scatter":0,"rotatingScatter":"","chooseBestGroup":true,"smartCrop":false,"hasThumbnails":false,"enableScroll":true,"isGrid":true,"isSlider":false,"isColumns":false,"isSlideshow":false,"cropOnlyFill":false,"fixedColumns":0,"enableInfiniteScroll":true,"isRTL":false,"minItemSize":50,"rotatingGroupTypes":"","rotatingCropRatios":"","columnWidths":"","gallerySliderImageRatio":1.7777777777777777,"numberOfImagesPerRow":3,"numberOfImagesPerCol":1,"groupsPerStrip":0,"borderRadius":0,"boxShadow":0,"gridStyle":0,"mobilePanorama":false,"placeGroupsLtr":false,"viewMode":"preview","thumbnailSpacings":4,"galleryThumbnailsAlignment":"bottom","isMasonry":false,"isAutoSlideshow":false,"slideshowLoop":false,"autoSlideshowInterval":4,"bottomInfoHeight":0,"titlePlacement":["SHOW_ON_THE_RIGHT","SHOW_BELOW"],"galleryTextAlign":"center","scrollSnap":false,"itemClick":"nothing","fullscreen":true,"videoPlay":"hover","scrollAnimation":"NO_EFFECT","slideAnimation":"SCROLL","scrollDirection":0,"scrollDuration":400,"overlayAnimation":"FADE_IN","arrowsPosition":0,"arrowsSize":23,"watermarkOpacity":40,"watermarkSize":40,"useWatermark":true,"watermarkDock":{"top":"auto","left":"auto","right":0,"bottom":0,"transform":"translate3d(0,0,0)"},"loadMoreAmount":"all","defaultShowInfoExpand":1,"allowLinkExpand":true,"expandInfoPosition":0,"allowFullscreenExpand":true,"fullscreenLoop":false,"galleryAlignExpand":"left","addToCartBorderWidth":1,"addToCartButtonText":"","slideshowInfoSize":200,"playButtonForAutoSlideShow":false,"allowSlideshowCounter":false,"hoveringBehaviour":"NEVER_SHOW","thumbnailSize":120,"magicLayoutSeed":1,"imageHoverAnimation":"NO_EFFECT","imagePlacementAnimation":"NO_EFFECT","calculateTextBoxWidthMode":"PERCENT","textBoxHeight":26,"textBoxWidth":200,"textBoxWidthPercent":65,"textImageSpace":10,"textBoxBorderRadius":0,"textBoxBorderWidth":0,"loadMoreButtonText":"","loadMoreButtonBorderWidth":1,"loadMoreButtonBorderRadius":0,"imageInfoType":"ATTACHED_BACKGROUND","itemBorderWidth":0,"itemBorderRadius":0,"itemEnableShadow":false,"itemShadowBlur":20,"itemShadowDirection":135,"itemShadowSize":10,"imageLoadingMode":"BLUR","expandAnimation":"NO_EFFECT","imageQuality":90,"usmToggle":false,"usm_a":0,"usm_r":0,"usm_t":0,"videoSound":false,"videoSpeed":"1","videoLoop":true,"jsonStyleParams":"","gallerySizeType":"px","gallerySizePx":1000,"allowTitle":true,"allowContextMenu":true,"textsHorizontalPadding":-30,"itemBorderColor":{"themeName":"color_12","value":"rgba(89,88,88,0)"},"showVideoPlayButton":true,"galleryLayout":2,"calculateTextBoxHeightMode":"MANUAL","targetItemSize":1000,"selectedLayout":"2|bottom|1|max|true|0|true","layoutsVersion":2,"selectedLayoutV2":2,"isSlideshowFont":true,"externalInfoHeight":26,"externalInfoWidth":0.65},"container":{"width":300,"galleryWidth":305,"galleryHeight":0,"scrollBase":0,"height":null}}
It starts with showing up...
It only seems appropriate that on a day I do a post to promote my new t-shirt that is now available on my website that I blog a little bit more about living on purpose. Although true be told I do feel live I am preaching this particular sermon a bit too often via blog so far.
Perhaps what I can do is tie my posts from today together and write a bit about how living on purpose brought about some good results.
As you can tell by my earlier post, I went to the Octoberfest yesterday. When I first decided to go I thought, "oh good this will give me a good opportunity to take some photographs". However, before leaving yesterday, I thought of a dozen reason why not to take my "big" camera... I would have to lug it around, there will probably not be any good photograph opportunities, (embarrassingly enough) I still feel kind of self conscious as I start to let me worlds all come together, my poor Sister will have to wait while I fumble with shots, blah blah blah blah...
I am happy to say hypocrisy is a practice that I truly despise. So there is no way I can go around preaching about living on purpose if I do not do it. It is important to note that when I say purpose I mean it as a noun and a verb. Purpose is the reason for which something is done or created or for which something exists but purpose is also to have as one's intention or objective.
So yesterday I had a goal.
I was not going to go back on my goal.
To accomplish my goal I had to intentionally take my camera gear.
All the excuses may have come true but my goal had a neccesary first step.
1. Take gear.
And so I did.
And wholly crap I was wrong.
There were great photography oppurtinities. Spontaneous photography conversations kept happening with strangers. There were times its was because I brought the camera that I was having such a good time.
As I have mentioned before I am becoming aware that something in and around my life is changing for the better. As I live my life for a purpose, with purpose, and on purpose things continue to line up and my life is better for it.
#purpose #passion #creativity #authenticity #intention #positive