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A Sign of Change
For those who’ve been following my blog for a while, you know I always have a camera in my bag! I love capturing life–all of it–and I also am always looking out for signs of change–ads, people, words that remind us of change, that there is this change movement–as I’ve always called it–going on!
So, since I often seem to find these signs, I thought I’d share an image I found recently.
It made me smile and think. Is it possible that people would prefer to have a change happen in any aspect of their lives? their careers? their love lives? their health? rather than just have more money?
When change becomes more important than money, I start really believing that we are heading in the right direction.
And it made me wonder–which one would you want, money or change?
Remember, please email me any signs/photos of change you see, anywhere. I will post them here.
Posted by Ariane de Bonvoisin on March 17th, 2009 in Uncategorized | 0 comments
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