Seek and you shall find

There's wisdom here

Hello and welcome back to another week of Tuesdays with Adam, a title 100% stolen from the only book I have purchased and gifted over 10 times, and one that I have read many times, Tuesdays with Morrie. Easily the best book I have ever read, it gave me a shift in perspective about life and how we place importance on things we deem important as opposed to those that are truly important.

No spoilers, but the book is based on a dying man's conversations with author Mitch Albom. Mitch, heavily caught up in the grind and daily work as a sports journalist, realizes he has given himself no time for life outside of it—the classic case of “I will do this when I have this….” It's quite funny when we combine what I think of this photo series and how the majority of people view life. We don’t allow perspective to play the role it should in our modern society. We give so much power and time to things we're told or have been told to view as important: getting the career that pays the best instead of the one you enjoy, giving up years of your life to save for a house you currently can't afford to live in, or my personal favorite, spending all our money on items we're told we should want when they offer nothing to our lives but make people think certain things about us.

This series is a partial tale of my own life, as I have mentioned before, having the courage to step away from something I was told I should want as opposed to doing what I actually wanted. This time in my life happened to coincide with my first reading of this book, which allowed me to better see the truly important aspects of my life, the power of my time, and the people I spend that time with. This single book opened more in me than my entire bachelor's degree, a time where I learned all about calculating hypothetical taxes that today don't mean much as most of the tax values and taxable items I studied have changed.

I do believe we read to escape and that there is inherent wisdom in a truly good story. It’s why I have passed on this book as much as I have; I believe in the value it holds for anyone who reads it. I also believe there is wisdom in nature. For example, the sunflower rotates to follow the sunlight during the day and resets overnight to face east in the morning. The seasons change every year, and animals know when it is the right time to hibernate. I could go on, but it’s this link between nature and reading that I wanted to discuss further. Why? Well, this is exactly what I chose to showcase in my third photo from the series 'Escape the Corporate World.' An image that again plays on nature's beauty, the corporate suit, and in this case, the reading of the book. This is exactly why this particular image is titled "Wisdom." What better way to showcase that than through a sunrise in one of the oldest and most beautiful trees, a 150-year-old Moreton Bay fig tree, here in Western Australia. Thank you all for reading, and I’ll see you all here again next week for another image from this series.