{"id":804,"date":"2018-07-24T23:44:13","date_gmt":"2018-07-24T23:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/masonimageblog.com\/?p=804"},"modified":"2018-07-24T23:44:13","modified_gmt":"2018-07-24T23:44:13","slug":"power-of-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masonimageblog.com\/index.php\/2018\/07\/24\/power-of-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Power of Up."},"content":{"rendered":"<body><p><\/p><figure id=\"attachment_805\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-805\" style=\"width: 1002px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/masonimageblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/2017_Vietnam_-391-4.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"805\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/masonimageblog.com\/index.php\/2018\/07\/24\/power-of-up\/2017_vietnam_-391-4\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/masonimageblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/2017_Vietnam_-391-4.jpg?fit=1002%2C1500&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1002,1500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Power of Up\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Plastic buckets as lampshades&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/masonimageblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/2017_Vietnam_-391-4.jpg?fit=684%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/masonimageblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/2017_Vietnam_-391-4.jpg?resize=768%2C1150&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Homemade plastic buckets as ceiling lamps \" width=\"768\" height=\"1150\" class=\"size-full wp-image-805\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/masonimageblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/2017_Vietnam_-391-4.jpg?w=1002&amp;ssl=1 1002w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/masonimageblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/2017_Vietnam_-391-4.jpg?resize=100%2C150&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/masonimageblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/2017_Vietnam_-391-4.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/masonimageblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/2017_Vietnam_-391-4.jpg?resize=768%2C1150&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/masonimageblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/2017_Vietnam_-391-4.jpg?resize=684%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 684w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/masonimageblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/2017_Vietnam_-391-4.jpg?resize=64%2C96&amp;ssl=1 64w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-805\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Plastic buckets as lampshades<\/figcaption><\/figure><br>\nI spend so much of my time looking down. Headed somewhere with a purpose in mind. Hurried and rushed. Often not thinking about what is around me. Only in front of me and where I\u2019m going. What I\u2019ll accomplish when I arrive.  One foot in front of the other. Always making progress. Or so it seems. \n<p>Such was the case today. Somewhere to be.  Something to do. Never seemingly enough time to get it all done. <\/p>\n<p>But just above my downward line of sight something caught my eye. Just out of view of my next step and my progress through the day.<\/p>\n<p>What is it about looking up?<\/p>\n<p>It stops your forward progress which can be a good thing at times.  It makes you halt what you are doing. If only momentarily and contemplate something different. A different point of view. Never a bad thing even on the busiest of days<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes that\u2019s all it takes. Inspiration hidden just out of your line of sight. A different perspective awaiting discovery. 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