ANGELA B. PAN

Somewhere close to my house in Fairfax, VA. You’d think I was in Kansas or something, right Jeffrey?

So heres the thing, even if you think that you’re going to get a beautiful sunset/sunrise, it doesn’t always happen. But even if you do get the gorgeous colors in the sky, sometimes you just can’t get the composition right. Or you left your camera battery at home. Or a person gets in your shot. You just gotta roll with the punches and you can’t get upset about it. You’re not always going to get the best picture every time you go out. You’re going to get what was meant to be. And sometimes that’s poo. But you just gotta keep on going. Gotta keep on trying and stay persistent.

This is the pep talk I like to give myself when I’ve been out 4 times this week and still haven’t gotten anything I’m totally satisfied with.

I like to read. This hasn’t always been the case. I remember when I was in school it was my least favorite thing to do. Talk about snooze fest.

But in the past few years, I’ve been craving books. Non-fiction, self improvement types in particular. So, I thought it’d be fun to talk about some of my favorites or books I’m currently reading.

Right before I left to Europe, I started reading A New Earth
by Eckhard Tolle recommended to me by Trey Ratcliff. Talk about eye opening. Geez Louise! I never knew how MUCH my inner most thoughts were due to my ego. Before this book I didn’t even think I had much of an ego. After reading it I can see how some of my actions or thoughts may have seemed like I do.

The biggest things I’ve taken away from this book:
– You can’t take yourself too seriously, things happen for a reason and you just gotta roll with the punches
-My possessions don’t define me
-Flowers are here on earth for no other reason that to be admired and to be beautiful.

If that sounds like something you’d be interested in, check it out on Amazon

If you have any recommendations for me, please let me know! I’m always on the hunt for a good book and I usually just read books that have been recommended to me by friends. I feel like I can trust their opinons more, or something like that.

It’s been pretty busy over here. Lots of fun summer events and projects going on 🙂

Even though I’m not done going through all my Europe images, I’m still out taking pictures. I can’t help it! I can’t leave my camera alone for more than a few days.

This was taken last week as a storm was approaching. Luckily, I didn’t get caught in the rain this time.

Climbing up Notre Dame was a lot of fun. It was this windy staircase that seemed like it just kept on going up and up. At some points you even felt a little dizzy. It was worth it though. The view is spectacular on top!