Appreciating the small things - Photographs

I have taught my daughter from a young age that we need to see and appreciate the small things in life - not always chase the big thing.  It is only once we can look at life with a different eye and get excited about small milestones and things around us that we will truly feel blessed.

Every time I look at her photographs I know that she listened...

Just living is not enough... one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower. Hans Christian Andersen

Happiness radiates like the fragrance from a flower and draws all good things towards you. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

Every flower is a soul blossoming in nature. Gerard De Nerval
 

Just imagine becoming the way you used to be as a very young child, before you understood the meaning of any word, before opinions took over your mind. The real you is loving, joyful, and free. The real you is just like a flower, just like the wind, just like the ocean, just like the sun. Don Miguel Ruiz

A flower doesn't love you or hate you, it just exists. Mike White

You've got to be one that, wherever you are, like a flower, you've got to blossom where you're planted. You cannot eliminate darkness. You cannot banish it by cursing darkness. The only way to get rid of darkness is light and to be the light yourself. Cory Booker