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Passionfruit Inspiration

You may wonder how passionfruits can be inspiring. (Apart from the fact they taste sooo yummy.)

I was checking our gutters around the house a while ago to make sure they were clear, preparing for the rain to fill our tanks. I thought our passionfruit had died a long time ago, however to my amazement and excitement I made a great discovery. On the ground was a single passionfruit. When I looked further I discovered that there were 2 more passionfruit hanging on the vine. Now normally this is not a 'big' thing to excite someone but on this particular day it inspired me.
These vines have had no attention for years, surrounded by weeds and gorse. The roots are strong and intertwined. They still grew. No matter what you are going through, the trials the hard times, you can grow through it and the outcome will be good. I looked at these passionfruit and knew if they could survive through all they had and still be strong, so could I. I couldn't resist the photo.
Hope it inspires you today.

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  1. DonnaMay 19, 2011 at 11:00 AM

    Arama just a heads up, first she is blogging all the time, then she is wanting to take photos of EVERYTHING. Then she starts ordering books on blogging , then the big one comes.... "honey look at the photography on that blog!That is made possible by a fantastic new camera".
    There so needs to be a blog for blogging widows. My poor husband has been through it. Fortunately for me, real life managed to keep it in perspective. Some of these blogs, if those women are doing all that stuff, they must be on prozac, with too much time & money on their hands!
    ps beautiful passionfruit by the way.

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