Many people use the New Year to make new resolutions to improve their life. I also use the last days of the current year to reflect on what I have experienced, try to learn what I would like to continue and what I would like to let go. I have included thoughts from others between each photo that we may all reflect on.
Male Ring-necked Duck.
It is not the strongest of the species that survive nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change. Charles Darwin
Female Ring-necked Duck
It is not by muscle, speed or physical dexterity that great things are achieved, but by reflection, force of character and judgment. Marcus Tullius Cicero
Pied-billed Grebe
Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action. Peter Drucker
Hooded Merganser male
Life is only a reflection of what we allow ourselves to see. Unknown
American Wigeon male
It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation. Herman Melville
Wood Duck pair.
By three methods we may learn wisdom. first, by reflection which is noblest; second, by imitation, which is easiest; third, by experience which is the bitterest. Confucius
Wood Duck male.
Live in such a way that if someone were to speak badly of you no one would believe it. Anon.
Green Heron
Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart and the senses. Lao Tsu
Pied-billed Grebe
I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seen to have. Thomas Jefferson
Northern Shoveler
If you wish to be a warrior, prepare yourself to be broken, if you wish to be an explorer prepare to get lost and if you wish to be a lover prepare to be both. Daniel Saint
Hooded Merganser female
Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant. Robert Louis Stevenson
Pied-billed Gebe
You must be the change you wish to see in the world. Mahatma Gandhi
Green Heron
Storms make trees take deeper roots.
Hooded Merganser female blocking the male behind her.
You matter. Anon.
Your year is worth reflection. Please share with us any photo(s) or words of reflection — or just post a comment. Here’s looking forward to 2024, and creating new reflections.
