life is complicated.

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lillibridge barefoot on the pacific coast highway

Life is complicated. Sometimes it would be nice to be so singularly focused in one direction that everything else just fades in the background like these images.

“…there should be long obedience in the same direction…”

Nietzsche said, “The essential thing ‘in heaven and earth’ is . . . that there should be long obedience in the same direction; there thereby results, and has always resulted in the long run, something which has made life worth living.”

I don’t know if modern life allows absolute singular focus. However, since we are able to make choices—we can choose to spend our time in a more singular direction and get rid of distractions that are taking us further from and NOT closer to our goals. I am going to try to spend the next few months eliminating some distractions and see what comes into better focus.

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  1. disparitybydesignuk – Benedict Elsworthy - Writer & Director Ginevra Gentili - Writer & Photographer Based in London. We write screenplays, short and feature films, photograph portraits and landscapes/cityscapes. Travellers. passionate about music, film, art, photography and anything we find interesting!
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    Love this.

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  2. frenchrobin – California – Tammi Young is a Northern California native, mother to 4, business owner, and wife of 23 years. She has owned and operated an internet service company for 13 years with her husband, working as the company accountant and human resources manager. She started her handmade jewelry business, French Robin Designs, in 2012 to work out her creativity and started blogging at French Robin not long after. She loves everything creative, especially DIY furniture renovation projects, fashion, and jewelry. You can always find Tammi visiting on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, and Google+. She recently joined The SITS Girls as a community lead and Midlife Boulevard as a contributor.
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    Beautiful!

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