Human Stories, Culture and Lives

Global Tolerance through Photography and Storytelling
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"My passion began with chasing frogs whilst still in nappies, at age five I obtained a reptile license and purchased my first snake, I began studying and collecting them ever since. I now travel the country doing interactive mobile wildlife displays for shopping centres, schools and events."  Like the above? Read more great stories here!  <a rel="noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://humans.photo/story/14467136259171414580190412253">http://humans.photo/story/14467136259... Photo Story, Great Stories, Gold Coast, Frogs, Trending Memes, Viral Videos, Studying, Schools, Storytelling
The Gold Coast, Australia | Humans of The Gold Cast
"My passion began with chasing frogs whilst still in nappies, at age five I obtained a reptile license and purchased my first snake, I began studying and collecting them ever since. I now travel the country doing interactive mobile wildlife displays for shopping centres, schools and events." Like the above? Read more great stories here! <a rel="noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://humans.photo/story/14467136259171414580190412253">http://humans.photo/story/14467136259...
"...we decided to take care of this duckling and raise it. I sort of assumed the responsibility as mother duck and had to teach this duck— his name was Lucky— how to swim and fly. Five months later, it was almost full-sized and we released it into this marsh near my house. The whole experience definitely opened my eyes in terms of assuming responsibility when things come into our lives unexpectedly. If that means sacrificing a lot of your time and taking care of this animal, so be it.” Ducklings, Our Life, Wholeness, Terms, Meant To Be, Lucky, No Response, Swim
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"...we decided to take care of this duckling and raise it. I sort of assumed the responsibility as mother duck and had to teach this duck— his name was Lucky— how to swim and fly. Five months later, it was almost full-sized and we released it into this marsh near my house. The whole experience definitely opened my eyes in terms of assuming responsibility when things come into our lives unexpectedly. If that means sacrificing a lot of your time and taking care of this animal, so be it.”
"I sometimes completely disregard what I want and who I am in order to please others, which makes me realize that I can’t please everyone, and then I get really frustrated about it. I’m working on that and trying to love myself too. Honestly, it’s okay to make mistakes, it’s okay to be human, and it’s okay to just be yourself. The goal isn’t to be perfect, but to feel the experience of every moment.” #mistakes #humane #yourself #experience #moment Pleasing Everyone, Just Be You, What I Want, Making Mistakes, Realize, Goal, Culture, In This Moment, Human
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"I sometimes completely disregard what I want and who I am in order to please others, which makes me realize that I can’t please everyone, and then I get really frustrated about it. I’m working on that and trying to love myself too. Honestly, it’s okay to make mistakes, it’s okay to be human, and it’s okay to just be yourself. The goal isn’t to be perfect, but to feel the experience of every moment.” #mistakes #humane #yourself #experience #moment
"Little things like that have changed how I see the world— you’re at your limits, you’re having the worst day of your life and you know you wouldn’t be where you are if you hadn’t agreed to it. But the other part is unexplainable beauty and unimaginable experiences— seeing the Northern Lights, sleeping under the stars, running into grizzly bears and just knowing that you’re going to have done something that no one else in the world has done..." Grizzly Bears, See The Northern Lights, Sleeping Under The Stars, Worst Day, Limits, Something To Do, Running
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"Little things like that have changed how I see the world— you’re at your limits, you’re having the worst day of your life and you know you wouldn’t be where you are if you hadn’t agreed to it. But the other part is unexplainable beauty and unimaginable experiences— seeing the Northern Lights, sleeping under the stars, running into grizzly bears and just knowing that you’re going to have done something that no one else in the world has done..."
“I met the HoNY guy in New York.” “Are you serious?” “Yea and I was wearing my space pants because I wear those when I have a feeling that I’m going to see him. So I saw him and I was looking really cool, and I was like maybe this is the day…but it wasn’t.” #HONY #meet #newyork Are You Serious, I Saw, New York, Meet, Guys, Feelings, Space
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“I met the HoNY guy in New York.” “Are you serious?” “Yea and I was wearing my space pants because I wear those when I have a feeling that I’m going to see him. So I saw him and I was looking really cool, and I was like maybe this is the day…but it wasn’t.” #HONY #meet #newyork
“What’s the best part of your day?” “Going home and seeing my two year old daughter.” #best #part #day #see #daughter Two Year Olds, Going Home, Daughter, Good Things, Best, Photography
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“What’s the best part of your day?” “Going home and seeing my two year old daughter.” #best #part #day #see #daughter
“Today at conferences we offered our interns breakfast, but so many of them showed up at 7:00 that by 8:30 we were out of food. And for some reason, I really enjoyed hearing all of the passive aggressive ways that they blamed me for not having donuts.” Passive Aggressive, Show Up, Blame, Donuts, Conference, Hearing, Enjoyment
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“Today at conferences we offered our interns breakfast, but so many of them showed up at 7:00 that by 8:30 we were out of food. And for some reason, I really enjoyed hearing all of the passive aggressive ways that they blamed me for not having donuts.”
“You’re going to be influenced by a lot of people, but ultimately, you have to think about how things will affect you in the long run. In college, I was very vulnerable to the advice and opinions of my family members, particularly my aunt. She has a very imposing personality, like ‘This is what you should do’ and ‘This is what you shouldn’t do.’ And I just went with it because I didn’t necessarily have a plan myself. In retrospect, I wonder why I did that.” #influence #people #college How To Run Longer, Aunt, Just Go, Vulnerability, Family Members, Personality, Cold Shoulder Dress, Advice, College
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“You’re going to be influenced by a lot of people, but ultimately, you have to think about how things will affect you in the long run. In college, I was very vulnerable to the advice and opinions of my family members, particularly my aunt. She has a very imposing personality, like ‘This is what you should do’ and ‘This is what you shouldn’t do.’ And I just went with it because I didn’t necessarily have a plan myself. In retrospect, I wonder why I did that.” #influence #people #college
“So how do you always keep yourself positive? What’s your mantra?”  “Well usually I think, ‘it can always get worse than this.’ My last semester was really difficult— I overbooked myself and had way too much work, so whenever I look at my workload despairing, I say, ‘well, it could be a lot worse than this!’ I took two really reading-intensive courses at the same time. I was reading over 800 pages a week and I don’t like skimming. So, I was spending a lot of focused time by myself.” #positive Semester, Mantras, Spending, Courses, Difficult, Intense, Positivity
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“So how do you always keep yourself positive? What’s your mantra?” “Well usually I think, ‘it can always get worse than this.’ My last semester was really difficult— I overbooked myself and had way too much work, so whenever I look at my workload despairing, I say, ‘well, it could be a lot worse than this!’ I took two really reading-intensive courses at the same time. I was reading over 800 pages a week and I don’t like skimming. So, I was spending a lot of focused time by myself.” #positive
“I’m very passionate about filmmaking because I’m fascinated by the idea of capturing a dream world or dream characters with a camera and making that world come alive. It’s something I got into when I was 13 years old. I picked up a camera and started shooting with my siblings and I was inspired by the movies that I had seen.” #passionate #filmmaking #dream #world #movies 13 Year Olds, Siblings, Filmmaking, Alive, Capture, Passion, Characters
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“I’m very passionate about filmmaking because I’m fascinated by the idea of capturing a dream world or dream characters with a camera and making that world come alive. It’s something I got into when I was 13 years old. I picked up a camera and started shooting with my siblings and I was inspired by the movies that I had seen.” #passionate #filmmaking #dream #world #movies
"It was really humbling because just knowing how to communicate with different people can really break apart the limitations you think other people have. It totally changed my perspective on thinking of how to improve myself as a person, see other people’s potentials and not letting negativity or self-doubt get in the way of that. Before that point, I thought that you had an aptitude for some things but not other things, which would limit you." #communicate #limitations #perspective #improve Aptitude, Change Me, Other People, Doubt, Apart, Perspective, Thinking Of You, Totally
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"It was really humbling because just knowing how to communicate with different people can really break apart the limitations you think other people have. It totally changed my perspective on thinking of how to improve myself as a person, see other people’s potentials and not letting negativity or self-doubt get in the way of that. Before that point, I thought that you had an aptitude for some things but not other things, which would limit you." #communicate #limitations #perspective #improve
"Coming here from Seattle is crazy. Majoring in anthropology is crazy. It's something that I never thought I would do. Meeting all the people that I know is a crazy story in itself. Going and touring Atlanta in the middle of the night and getting Varsity is crazy. You know sometimes it can make you a little nervous, but after awhile you get used to all the craziness that is Emory." #craziness #story Weird Stories, Emory, Anthropology, Nervous, Touring, Meeting, Varsity, Seattle
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"Coming here from Seattle is crazy. Majoring in anthropology is crazy. It's something that I never thought I would do. Meeting all the people that I know is a crazy story in itself. Going and touring Atlanta in the middle of the night and getting Varsity is crazy. You know sometimes it can make you a little nervous, but after awhile you get used to all the craziness that is Emory." #craziness #story
"I think that I will always remember being sick and feeling so alone on that day, but also feeling like I’d learned to stop anticipating things all the time and to really be okay with things not going the way I always want them to go. I ended up being able to go on my camping trip the next day, which was great, but I think I grew more from being sick than I would have if I had spent four days in the woods.” Feeling Alone, Always Remember, Its Okay, Woods, Sick, Camping, Greats
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"I think that I will always remember being sick and feeling so alone on that day, but also feeling like I’d learned to stop anticipating things all the time and to really be okay with things not going the way I always want them to go. I ended up being able to go on my camping trip the next day, which was great, but I think I grew more from being sick than I would have if I had spent four days in the woods.”
"But I reflected upon it and realized there’s something incredibly human about showing how things affect you. It tells people about your motivations and passions. You shouldn’t be afraid of really living emotionally— that’s nothing to be ashamed of. Now, I’m a lot more open and I’m not ashamed to talk about things that moved me, hurt me, or made me happy.” #tell #motivation #passion #move #hurt #happy Tolerance, Make Me Happy, Afraid, It Hurts, Talk, Lot
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"But I reflected upon it and realized there’s something incredibly human about showing how things affect you. It tells people about your motivations and passions. You shouldn’t be afraid of really living emotionally— that’s nothing to be ashamed of. Now, I’m a lot more open and I’m not ashamed to talk about things that moved me, hurt me, or made me happy.” #tell #motivation #passion #move #hurt #happy
"I have a twin and my twin was in a different class. I knew he was being bullied by someone else. I love my twin brother and I suddenly realized that I was that someone else, just in a different situation. I found that it’s really easy for people to do terrible things without thinking about it. Ever since then, I’ve tried to always be an empathetic and understanding person." #empathetic #understanding #bully #love Twin Brothers, Suddenly, Bullying, Twins, Understanding, Love
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"I have a twin and my twin was in a different class. I knew he was being bullied by someone else. I love my twin brother and I suddenly realized that I was that someone else, just in a different situation. I found that it’s really easy for people to do terrible things without thinking about it. Ever since then, I’ve tried to always be an empathetic and understanding person." #empathetic #understanding #bully #love