Tuesday, 1 April 2008

Value your differences, stripes and all!


Now that the weather is getting better, I feel like being outdoors more. I find it very replenishing to spend time in nature and it also allows me to indulge my interest in photography. I particularly enjoy landscape and architectural photography, but I also have a taste for the mysterious and the quirky. I took the above photograph on the North Downs in Surrey.

Now they may look like big furry Liquorice Allsorts, but they are in fact belted cows and you don’t see them very often. I think they are great and a wonderful reminder that nature can surprise us in so many ways.

They also remind me of the need to value our differences. Sometimes in life it can feel easier to follow the herd (no pun intended!), but we contribute the most in life when we are true to ourselves and trust in our own uniqueness. It also makes life so much more interesting!

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