Dear reader,
Until the end of January, I’ll be presenting here a series of pictures that revolve around the theme of my new book “The Winner Stands Alone”.
The Winner Stands Alone – Photo 9
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this is a lovely photo, and obviously it was taken with delicate photography. Please could I use it for my blog? it would demanstrate everything i think is important in life.
Thank-you
great photo, who’s the photographer?
m observing Lonelyness on her..she really felt alone..frustated from her life..doesnt know what to do nxt.doesnt know where’s her future…she is in dilemma abut her carrer,life,society and family………Hey!!Girl common Wake Up,,,Wake Up,,,cheer Up girl cheer Up..Winner stands alone so cheer Up….
Hola Paulo, Me encantaría viajar. Me gustaría estar sentada ahí. La persona parece que espera ver a alguien. El efecto visual de las escaleras marea, produce algo de vértigo.
And..what is loneliness…depending on places and in time?:)
If you are too far away ahead or too far behind…you are lonely..
The road less traveled
La route de l’ame.
I have a photo that was taken of me during my time living in rural Japan. Although taken from a distance, my location was evident due to how utterly different I look from my homogenous surroundings of black hair, shorter statures and different-toned skin.
I never considered myself a “winner” but rather she who opted, in the idea of Robert Frost, to take the road less traveled…and that made all the difference.
Be well, sir.
It looks like “the steps of life” :)
The little things left behind go unnoticed. Bewildered, we wonder what it is for which we long; and so we search the void, until at last they are retrieved. Thus received, they are returned, gracious acceptance. The idea of humility left behind we rise into sincereity.
Only one wins the gold. But, that win is never in a vacuum. Look around at the number of supporters that were behind the scenes, and are not here, now. They, too, are part of the picture, though not seen.
Oh! she is climbing up positioning herself to get the best view, she came early.
in all of your books, the same story – of one’s awakening to their true self, to their inner truth – how inspiring and hopeful is that? i can never get enough.
This is an awsome picture…. it demonstrates the confusion and isolation felt be so many…. when they are alone….
O MY G-d she realllly sits alone , and there is so much space next to her,,,,,,,,she could share with,,,,, is she representing those who r lonely????? those who dont have no compaions??? next to them? those who have to look and wach all by them selves?????????is she waiting to someone? or to something to happen??????is she waiting for some GOOD GAME TO START? she is not having fun at all!!!!!!
Really like this photo. . .somewhere between the past and the future. . .the below and the above. . .there one is. . . .
Wow… She is just standing there, but still the image seems to be so vivid, so perpetuum mobile, if I may say so. It`s a beautiful picture.
Perhaps she is simply tired, and stopped to rest. Perhaps she has been to the mountain top, and paused to remember something that was spoken that touched her heart. Perhaps it then could be said that she is romancing the stone foundation of her own heart, remembering. It is not just our job to love others but to love ourselves, perhaps even first. Yes, first. Maybe that is how we love others from our best rather then from our worst. The ego is our self esteem, we are allowed to have self esteem? A healthy sense of self is vital to our thrivability. The ego is a beautiful thing if we could rid ourselves of all the ugly myths that surround it, or so it seems to me.
She does not only … sit alone, but she is …tired in the half way!!
Hopefully we will not be tired on our up-ward way .. The ladder!
LOVE,
Thelma
I really like this picture. The black and white colors give it a sombre feeling, but I like that.
Today’s image reminds me of the first picture and the man walking on the dock(#3?). It really makes me think of loneliness on the path. The woman has stopped half way up the steps to rest or think? To me she needs to continue up the stairs because she has climbed so many and should not give up.
when is the book coming out?
to me looks like she won a fight…and now is time for peace and relax…untill a new challenge will make her fight again, but now she is just enjoying the moment!!!!!
I look at this photo and wonder out of all the places she could sit, why did she pick that spot? Why not more to the right, or the left, or higher or lower. Why that position?
I think she views that place where she is seated the perfect spot to be (as uncomfortable as it may be).
Every baby step upward a small miracle.Sometimes it is good to look down to see how far we have managed to climb.
well…???
She’s in the wrong place or what?She came too early or too late?
Or…scary stuff…she’s the last person on Earth,lol.
No I’m joking,if you think deeper:she thinks she’s alone and that no one else has the same problems than she has.She thinks that no one can understand her.The place is full of people in fact but she only can see herself(ego again).Oh yeah the “5 of Cups”:she’s so concentrate on thinking about what she has lost(spilled cups) that she can’t see the new occasions(dressed cups).Or maybe the fact that she’s alone there associated with the title:”The Winner Stands Alone” means that she has finally won the game.It’s a stadium,right?not sure.Well you get my point.
Hola Paulo, Me encantaría viajar. Me gustaría estar sentada ahí. La persona parece que espera ver a alguien. El efecto visual de las escaleras marea, produce algo de vértigo.
There are too many steps we should pass to the victory and be the winner.