water
![PALACE PIER TORONTO URBAN ESCAPE LAKE ONTARIO 2](https://monikalifephotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/PALACE-PIER-STORY-SPRING-2022-LAKE-1-1024x791.jpg)
![](https://monikalifephotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/SLO-beach-haze-1024x685.jpg)
blues of life on the water
“May your adventures bring you closer together, even as they take you far away from home.” – Trenton Lee Stewart
sunrise
![sunrise at marie curtis park in toronto](https://monikalifephotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/sunrise-at-marie-curtis-longbranch-2-colours-black-frame-20x30-1-1024x683.jpg)
![PALACE PIER TORONTO URBAN ESCAPE SITTING](https://monikalifephotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/PALACE-PIER-STORY-SPRING-2022-SUNRISE-2-1024x791.jpg)
reds of sun at sunrise
“If it scares you, it might be a good thing to try.” – Seth Godin
monochrome
![](https://monikalifephotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/wide-format-header-1900x225-1-1024x469.jpeg)
![Dogs playing and people walking on Samara Beach, Costa Rica](https://monikalifephotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/dog-legs-and-people-at-sunset-Samara-beach-CR-IMG_6861-768x1024.jpeg)
![Quiet reflection of branches, ocean and sun setting on the beach on Samara Beach, Costa Rica](https://monikalifephotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Classic-branch-debris-lava-giants-on-Samara-Beach-CR-IMG_7499-1024x768.jpeg)
architecture of movement
“Some beautiful paths can’t be discovered without getting lost.” – Erol Ozan
Ontario, Canada
![Elliott lake magic in north ontario](https://monikalifephotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/boreal-mystic-island-1.jpg)
![elliott lake magic in north ontario 2 black and white photography](https://monikalifephotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/boreal-mystic-island-2-1.jpg)
![Canadian shield, northern Ontario single wild flower holds on, nature photography](https://monikalifephotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/shield-flower-1.jpg)
![Canadian shield, northern Ontario single wild flower holds on, nature photography 2](https://monikalifephotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/shield-flower-2-1.jpg)
![Canadian shield, northern Ontario single moss up close in the forest, nature photography](https://monikalifephotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/moss-and-lichen.jpg)
“You must go on adventures to find out where you truly belong” – Sue Fitzmaurice
my photography portfolio as a story of my life
the art of life – to purchase current photos online start here
My photography portfolio is my story of life lessons
– truths I have learned along the way.
#trackpantsdiaries journals
March 2022 — I learned…
I grew up believing that “you need things, butI don’t need as much as you do”
—- false, I know (I know this now, but I didn’t know this back then)
September 2002
“I must help you because I can. It is my duty, my responsibility in life
Therefore: I disappear whenever I can. Here, in the darkness, I am safe”
— true: I did need to disappear to be safe
— false: It was not my responsibility to help everytime, to make life easier, better for you.
January 2015
“Feeling I have nothing to give other than me is terrifying.”
— true: I was terrified (not seeing the inner me was enough)
— false: Believing we have nothing to give if it’s not tangible
Realization and acceptance:
I always have (we all always have) something to give, but it’s not a physical thing
October 2023
“Self-judgement must be eliminated for peace and personal growth to be possible”
— false: self-judgement is natural and occurs every day. I choose to increase self-awareness instead and learn to discern what I am judging about myself so that I make adjustments where necessary and accept what is needed and unchanging.
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