Someone once told me, only a fool tests the depth of the water with both feet. And I wondered if other ways were the best ways.
For me though, finding depth in books, human lives, ocean water, layers of a valley is one soul-stirring, fulfilling exercise.
Have you ever observed how every moment is multi-layered?
And how often we miss noticing them and call life a flat line, even when we’re breathing and alive!
This post is inspired by Weekly Photo Challenge at WordPress.
A few years ago, while reading an article about happiness, I found this quote, “The depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exact measure of the height to which you can aspire to reach.” Today it does not serve the same meaning to me. I think, it’s because, words change its depth and meaning over the time. Life keeps unfolding new chapters, changing older meanings, accepting newer ways to look into details. Does that happen to you too?
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I love your photographs !!
🙂 was looking through your blog and I really like the photos you have. They are beautifully captured.
Exactly! Learning will never be enough, that’s the beauty. 🙂 Thank you, Ann, for stopping by and leaving your footprint. 🙂
“The depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exact measure of the height to which you can aspire to reach.” That’s quite a loaded one. And I cannot agree more that words do change in depth & meaning over time. Change is good – it just means that we keep on learning…which in life can never be enough. 🙂
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Thank you… glad to know that Archita 🙂
Will love to read those stories Archita. 🙂
Archita, I’m happy to have shared the thought. It will no doubt lead to a deeper understanding of yourself. Patick
Hai na? So true. I am in the process of drafting stories that I came across during those travel and meeting new people. Sometimes I feel I am so lucky to experience those random marvels. 🙂
Exactly. Travel helps me too very much in the similar manner. In fact, travel enabled to explore myself more and more. It all began with a trip in 2012 to Spain. I understood myself more, enjoyed roaming around alone, talked to strangers and within moments, i could feel that connection and vibrancy. Truly amazing trip it was.
Thank you, Samjhoth. 🙂
Thank you,Shelly. 🙂
Yay! Thank you, Vishal. 🙂
Hi Shikha, Thank you for your comment. 🙂 Very happy to find you here. 🙂
Our experiences change the way we perceive. I’m so sorry to hear about your loss, Stephanie. I agree with you about the quote. I thought, why we always have to have darkness to measure the height, why we cannot have light always etc.. Thank you for sharing your words here.
Thank you, Moon. 🙂 I loved your shots of Victoria the other day. 🙂
Wow! That’s so thought-provoking. I have to sit and search if that’s true in my case. Thank you, Patrick.:)
Thank you, Stefano. I never found the ocean so calm here, that paddling photo was one time miracle for me.:)
That made me smile, Indira. Always always love seeing you around here. 🙂 Thank you for being there.
Yes, to me too, depth in relationship, friendship etc are important. 🙂 Suyash, I think, I understand things more clearly when I travel more, interact with different people more. That brings versatility and destroys the boundaries we draw around our perspectives. Thank you for the visit and the comment, Suyash.
That photo made my camera acrophobic for a while:) Thank you for your kind words, Eric. 🙂
Thank you, Terri. Yosemite is one welcoming place to find solace. 🙂 I’m so happy to find so many like-minded people on Weekly Photo Challenge. 🙂
I’,m so glad to read that, Kat. Thank you. 🙂
Thank you for visiting and the comment. 🙂
Beautiful !!
Beautiful photos and thought provoking words.
Mind-blowing pics. Beautiful and in-depth thoughts for the soul:)
Hi Archita… very happy to have come across your blog! Beautiful pictures and words!
I hear lyrics and interpret quotes in a very different way after experiencing great loss–the depths of despair. It’s an interesting quote, but I think it suggests a mathematical precision (and a limitation) I don’t see: why not aspire to greater heights, and not tie the light to the dark so strictly? Of course, I may be reading the quote the wrong way, through that enduring prism of grief.
Nice thoughts and beautiful photographs!
I have discovered that when a quote or teaching does not have the same impact as when I first heard the thought, it is due to the fact it has become a part of my being.
Nice shots, Archita. I really like both the first landscape and the paddling photo.
Beautiful photos. Your thoughts always connect with me deeply. Love and blessings Archita dear.
Your thoughts are so deep and connect with me instantly. To me, depth in my relationships is so prime. Rest all follows then.
Btw, these are some of the very beautiful photos. Interesting composition and colors.
A spectacular opening photo to accompany a thought-provoking post.
I discovered your blog on the weekly photo challenge. I especially love your Yosemite photos–I’ve been there countless times. Plus I love to SUP. You captured “depth” quite well as well as with your words.
Wonderfully reflective words to go with this week’s photos.
I love this post. Thank you for sharing.