Comments on: The Uphill Battle https://www.promotingpassion.com/the-uphill-battle/ Finding passion. Sharing passion. Promoting passion. Sat, 28 Jun 2014 17:40:20 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 By: kay https://www.promotingpassion.com/the-uphill-battle/#comment-11455 Sat, 28 Jun 2014 17:40:20 +0000 http://www.promotingpassion.com/?p=1664#comment-11455 Brooke,

I am probably one of your older commenters, but we never outgrow the need for inspiration. Thank you for providing it with such insight that it seems to speak to each of us individually.

Your work is beautiful. I came over here from Jenny’s blog and your portrait of her is wonderful.( She SO cheers me up with her bawdy humor. Her take on life and the myriad issues she deals with always give me something to laugh and/or think about.)

The one thing I can’t seem to find here is a ‘subscribe’ button. Guess I’ll just bookmark you!

Enjoying your blog!

Kay

]]> By: THE STARVING ARTIST: WISDOM FROM A MOFO https://www.promotingpassion.com/the-uphill-battle/#comment-10999 Tue, 24 Jun 2014 17:58:58 +0000 http://www.promotingpassion.com/?p=1664#comment-10999 […] are some incredible words by fellow mofo Brooke Shaden that she originally wrote in a post titled “The Uphill Battle” on her blog Promoting Passion. Read on – it’s worth it! Check out some more of […]

]]> By: Katy Memon https://www.promotingpassion.com/the-uphill-battle/#comment-10809 Sun, 22 Jun 2014 19:02:23 +0000 http://www.promotingpassion.com/?p=1664#comment-10809 The human heart has hidden treasures, in secret kept, in silence sealed; The thoughts, the hopes, the dreams, the pleasures, whose charms were broken if revealed…Charlotte Bronte.

Thank you Brooke, you inspire me all the time and surprise and delight me with your work.

I’ve only come to realise later in life after having my children that I was on the wrong road, that I need to create, inspire my own children with my passion for art and photography. It’s always been there since I was a child but somewhere along the way we lost each other.

I feel the uphill battle almost daily (but that’s more to do with having two young children!) My progress is slow but steady, which is not easy for me to accept as I am a perfectionist and I get very frustrated with myself. I know my time will come and some day soon and I will be at peace knowing I have brought joy to others and left a legacy for my children.

Much love and respect for you Brook
Katy x

]]> By: Rebecca https://www.promotingpassion.com/the-uphill-battle/#comment-10715 Sat, 21 Jun 2014 12:21:42 +0000 http://www.promotingpassion.com/?p=1664#comment-10715 Like many of the other people who have commented before me, I feel like this could have been written for me.

I am getting so frustrated lately with my lack of progress, and nervous about the work I put up that it is overshadowing my love for photography that started me on this journey.

Once again reading your blog has made me feel that I am not the only one that experiences these things and that persevering and improving is what I should be focusing on rather than the negatives.
Rebecca

]]> By: Don't Shoot Blanks Weekly Web Finds #8 | Don't Shoot Blanks https://www.promotingpassion.com/the-uphill-battle/#comment-10625 Fri, 20 Jun 2014 15:44:10 +0000 http://www.promotingpassion.com/?p=1664#comment-10625 […] The Uphill Battle […]

]]> By: Rocio Mirelis https://www.promotingpassion.com/the-uphill-battle/#comment-10607 Fri, 20 Jun 2014 12:06:19 +0000 http://www.promotingpassion.com/?p=1664#comment-10607 I feel like you were speaking to me directly! It’s exactly how I feel. When I did what I do for fun… it was perfect… when I started taking it more seriously and wanting to make it my career… it was still perfect, but I dreaded it… and sometimes still dread failure… or not performing to everyone’s expectations…

I have also learned for myself that it is always an uphill battle. The bigger your dream… the more you accomplish… the more things that pop up in your life that you have to deal with… the more uncomfortable you become… but it’s discomfort that makes you learn, that helps you grow, that helps you become a better person and more polished… like a diamond in the rough.

]]> By: Fiona https://www.promotingpassion.com/the-uphill-battle/#comment-10499 Thu, 19 Jun 2014 07:41:52 +0000 http://www.promotingpassion.com/?p=1664#comment-10499 Thank you just for taking the time.

]]> By: Margherita Introna https://www.promotingpassion.com/the-uphill-battle/#comment-10465 Wed, 18 Jun 2014 20:00:09 +0000 http://www.promotingpassion.com/?p=1664#comment-10465 Brooke, you always manage to link the blog post to the perfect image. Made me wonder if the writing is the inspiration for the image or vice versa… I’m guessing perhaps that it works back and forth most of the time 😉
For some reason the ballet shoes intrigue me… I guess I figured this image with the character barefoot. The inclusion of the ballet shoes makes me feel like she is dancing uphill instead of walking. A strange difference perhaps, but somehow seems symbolic to me. A thoughtful image <3

]]> By: Stefan Ladang https://www.promotingpassion.com/the-uphill-battle/#comment-10450 Wed, 18 Jun 2014 17:44:16 +0000 http://www.promotingpassion.com/?p=1664#comment-10450 You give all people so an inspiration. That we take every day the hill with full inspiration and happiness. And we come back in love with our work (hobby)

]]> By: Thomas Oscar Miles https://www.promotingpassion.com/the-uphill-battle/#comment-10443 Wed, 18 Jun 2014 16:41:33 +0000 http://www.promotingpassion.com/?p=1664#comment-10443 thank you so much for this! just what i needed to help me through, i felt a little low, but i think if i keep trying to perfect the definition of my style, i can create more personally fulfilling work! 😀

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