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Bluelight Weekly Photography Contest: Round 241: Treasure

Samadhi

Samadhi

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Treasure (suggested by n3ophy7e)
RULES
1. Any photograph or variation of a photograph which has been previously submitted for one of the contest rounds cannot be used in subsequent rounds of the contest.
2. Photographs must be your original work and that has never been copyrighted or, if copyrighted, that you are the sole copyright owner of.
2a. No submitting pictures for other people, for friends, etc. Your OWN work, very simple.
3. Only one photograph may be entered per contest.
4. All photographs must be free of watermarks, signatures and borders
5. Photographs must be no wider than 700 and no higher than 700 pixels.
Free resizing software - Irfanview.
6. Deadline for entries is 12am Eastern (5am GMT) on the posted deadline date.
7. Voting ends at 12am Eastern (5am GMT) on the posted end date.
8. Post your images in the appropriate thread in the form of an image, not a link to click on.
9. Don't be a dummy and vote for your own photo, try and make it fun.
Be reminded that this is a photo contest and so images which have been heavily manipulated through an image editing software will not be accepted. To put everyone on a level playing field, editing should be restricted to cropping and resizing.
Images which are not relevant to the week's theme will be automatically removed.
If you have a problem with another contestant's entry adhering to the contest guidelines, please PM the forum moderators. Do not try to begin a debate about the issue within the contest submission or poll thread! There will be zero tolerance towards any attempts to devolve a contest thread into a bash-fest or witch hunt.

We will pick the next theme and post it the night a contest ends for the next round so people have a full 7 days to take pictures and submit them. After all the entries have been posted, a poll will be added on the last night, so people can vote. Voting will take place from midnight to midnight over the following 3 days (12am Sunday - 12am Wednesday).
Those who wish to participate in sharing full versions of their entries may do so by providing a link only to the full sized version in the same post as their entry.
Thank you and have fun!

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Next: Butterflies - [Aug 1-Aug 7] (suggested by numbtar)
Followed by: Inspired by a song title - [Aug 8 - Aug 14] (suggested by cletus)
And then: Weather [Aug 15 - Aug 21] (Suggested by ocean )
 
Okay well.........hopefully someone else posts a picture or I win by default! hahahaa

A treasure is something of value, right?
Well- this is a treasure shared:


This is an older photo but was taken at a place where many people have gone and left things of spiritual value to them as an offering for everyone.
 
Wat Pho - Reclining Buddha

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It's a little long-but you can't see the treasure unless you take a few and read this



On Jan 10,2006 I had a near fatal car accident bc I was speeding on the interstate after work,while texting 2 ppl in a work zone. I looked up and traffic had stopped. I gasped and slammed into the back of an 18 wheeler. I was doing 70-at least-and never even had time to hit the breaks. Long story short,It took an hour to cut me out of the car and air lift me to the hospital where I began to feel the life slipping from me. I was dying and everyone knew it. The Dr.s told my parents I would most likely NOT live through the night. I had a transected aorta and was too unstable for surgery. But I made it through that night-I was put in a medically induced coma that I remained in for 3 1/2 weeks when I was finally strong enough to undergo open heart surgery to repair my aorta. My carido surgeon said my aorta had been stretched-in his words "onion skin thin" and that there was no reason for it to have held-no reason for me to be alive and that I was a medical miracle. I made medical history bc of that fact and my case will help future generations of Dr.s save lives that may have otherwise been lost. I was put on a heart/lung bypass machine while an artificial tube was put in place of the part of my aorta that should have long before burst and killed me. I sustained several other injuries,but this one-the one this scar represents-was the most life threatening and everyday when I feel it I am reminded of the treasure of a 2nd chance at life that I was given. For a long time I could not forgive myself for what I had done bc as a result of my crash my GREAT life,career and social life changed drastically-and not in a good way. Today-right now,I feel the pain in the scar and yet I would not change a thing. Everything that has happened to me-good and bad in my life-and especially my brush with death, has made me the woman I am today-and I don't say this out of vanity,but out of truth,I AM ONE HELL OF A WOMAN. Although my injuries are painful and effect me everyday-right now,even-it reminds me that life is precious and that ALL my trials and traumas allow me to identify with so many people on so many levels-and by sharing my stories I have touched many lives. The treasure that is my life is due to a piece of hardware that is a part of my heart that beats behind this scar.
Thank for reading....please,be safe and stay safe.
Much peace and love......................................................skillz <3
 
Thailand and Buddha well represented...

I had an image to post, but it seems I've been blocked from all image uploaders here in Thailand, and the new Image function on the forums doesn't work correctly.
 
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^ Not sure if you've visited the upgrade discussion thread, but the higher ups are well aware of the image button not working. However, the [IMG]linkhere.jpg[/IMG] still works, FYI. :)
 
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