Do you think some years go faster than other years?

Thanks so much for your kind words.

It has been quite a challenging year but I feel I am over the worst of it.

This year has certainly gone very, very fast for me.

I have just written an article “My first year without my father in my life” and I will be publishing it on my blog on 3rd December, the anniversary of his passing.

I shall email it to you in the meantime

It was great to also meet you at Neil’s wedding.

I lost my father last December and it has been the most painful and surreal 10 months since then. But like you, I have kept going and inspired myself by focussing on what he would have done and what he would have wanted me to do.

Good luck with your career and the photography business – I am sure our paths will cross again very soon.

It was a real pleasure speaking with you at Neil’s Wedding on 080808.
This post is very apt in my case albeit in reverse.

What Pushes me? More to the point, what pushed me?
the passing of my Mother at the age of 15.

I strongly believe that everything happens for a reason and like the butterfly effect there is an organised chaos theory in play. I know this terminology is contradictory but think about it this way:
If a man is climbing up a mountain in pursuit of his goals to make his dreams happen or self fulfilment, and as a result unsettles some rocks which in turn fall and disturbs a butterfly this will have said subsequent effects… it can be said that this ‘negative’ chaotic or butterfly effect is a balancing effect of a positive conscious decision.
The resulting storm may take the lives of innocent people prompting people like me to take positive steps in life….. like me!

Now whilst my mother didn’t die in a storm, it could have potentially have had a whirlwind effect on my life. In fact she passed away 6 weeks before my GCSE exams and from my recollection i seemed immune to the emotions of this event until the day of the funeral when reality really hit hard. On that day, someone made a passing comment that we all need to try and be more like her. I can safely say that this was ‘the’ defining moment of my life. I changed me forever; mum was kind, forgiving and liked by everyone that ever met her, she was insightful and inspired. That has been my mission ever since combined with the stark reality that life is simply too short to be sitting around waiting for things to just happen on their own.
I could have let her death ruin my education and exams but i chose to use it as my motivation and came away with a string of A’s, I then went on to do my A-Levels which allowed me to become a qualified and chartered Architect as well as a professional photographer.
Whilst i believe that you don’t always need to continually push to make things happen, i do believe that you need to learn to understand the flow of your context and go with it.
If im ever in doubt, i think what would she have done… then i make my own balanced judgement.

I am glad you found my words visually beautiful. It feels great to be back writing again.

Time to celebrate

Keep writing

regards

Look forward to seeing you do your thing!

Also sent you a couple of e’s yday.

-Kavit

Nice to have you back. What I really like about your posts is your general outlook on life. Positive and encouraging. Not just sitting back and watching the world going by.