Amanda Ray

Someone asked me why I’m on X. This quote says it all. I once believed I had everything figured out, yet I was lost. Life taught me differently. Yes, I may challenge people, because social media has created an echo chamber. Some of you will be the next leaders. If sharing these lessons helps even one person pause, reflect, and grow, then my struggles were worth it. And hopefully the next leaders will have the courage to think for themselves and shape a better future. #amandaray #Leadership #FutureLeaders #Perspective

@Grampa1950 Thank you ❤️

@AmandaRay02 Looks great 👍💯

QP or Share your beach shots

@ViewFromShikhar Sunset tonight… Glenelg Beach

Drop a sunset/sunrise

@JohnGetchel Touch of yellow

Let's see some yellow for #SundayYellow

@8ntmuch iPhone photography

Smartphone photography is real photography! Share a photo you captured with your phone!

@ViewFromShikhar Black and White photography

...for the love of black and whites

@Grampa1950 Point Danger, Victoria

@inthe_present Cute 🥰

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@inthe_present Thank you ❤️

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@RossSwan2 Sure is. ❤️

@AmandaRay02 Yes Coober Pedy is a place to remember Amanda, love the images

Winter has made an early appearance today. Grey, wet, and windy… the perfect weather to stay home. I’m rugged up inside, listening to the rain on the tin roof and the wind howling outside, scrolling through photos of my road trip halfway around Australia to relocate to South Australia. What an epic adventure that was. One of my stops was Coober Pedy. I had always wanted to stay in an underground house and go down an opal mine. When I was there, it was 48 degrees celsius. The landscape was stark, sun-scorched, and arid, with flat-topped mesas, white ochre gibber plains, and huge mounds of earth from opal mining. Perfect terrain for science fiction movies, like Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome and Red Planet. In 2000, the movie Pitch Black was filmed there and the spaceship prop was left behind because it was set to be destroyed, but local business owners asked to keep it as a landmark. #amandaray #RoadTripAustralia #OutbackAustralia #SundayThoughts

@AnthonyGaenzle Looks like a great place ❤️

Every year on May 3rd, my wife and I enjoy time together at the Log Cabin restaurant in the town where we live. It has been 13 amazing years, and each one has been better than the last. We return to the same restaurant because it’s just a special place. The history, the food, the music, and the people…it’s all there. I hope that you all find something beautiful in your life. Doesn’t have to be my story, but just something beautiful that makes you smile. Enjoy this little snippet of the local band Swing Street singing a Nat King Cole classic.

@ViewFromShikhar Poignant moment. Beautifully captured. ❤️

Some photos get praise because of the subject, not the photograph. Good Morning! 📷

@gary_hensel Thank you ❤️

@AmandaRay02 Beautiful wisdom, Amanda. Thank you for your comments. Hope you’re having a great weekend.

The hardest thing to do is reconnect with yourself. It takes self-awareness and a kind of honesty most people avoid. To find who you are at your core, you have to face the parts of yourself you’ve ignored or outgrown. When you do that, you learn to trust your heart over your mind. The mind absorbs noise… expectations, fear, outside influences. But the heart is shaped only by you. So when I make a decision, I sit quietly and listen to what I feel inside. If there’s peace, I know it’s right for me in that moment. Peace has become my compass, guiding me toward a life that actually fits. Thanks @gary_hensel for another insightful quote ❤️

@rumilyrics Found my peace

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