I wrote a short piece (116 words) and then set out to get 116 people to randomly select one of the words and then write it on a board and have their picture taken with it.

Once all the words were taken, I cut them out and put them together to show what I had written.

So the following are the photos in the order that they were taken, followed by the words in sequence.

  
 

Pat: if		  
Louise: talked		  
Jon: learnt

David: the		  
Judy: experiences		  
Daniel: senses

Aimee: that		  
Eden: the		  
Rock: spend

Tanya: accepted		  
Theo: head		  
Jodi: instincts

Stuart: started		  
Craig: taught		  
Karen: and

Bernie: listened		  
Clive: disliked		  
Doug: that

Adtley: along


Lisa: where		  
Miné: what

Trudi: invest		  
Jane: we		  
Rachel: unique

Dilini: eyes		  
Karin: we		  
Danielle: through

Kristy: who		  
Meaghan: now		  
Steph: observed

Alison: and		  
Jules: overcome		  
Maddie: don't

Riley: survived		  
Susan: add		  
Lauren: what

Loraine: your		  
Carmen: of
 
Penny: so

Dina: your		  
Sharon: keep		  
Bec: share

Emma: and		  
Paul: smiling		  
Georgie: search

Kam: wins		  
Tommy: right		  
Murat: ideas

Marc: open		  
Jill: with		  
Sarah: others

Joel: met		  
Rekha: keep		  
Jacqui: rejected

Merredith: interacted		  
Tass: like		  
Carol: and

Brad: dismissed		  
Deanne: nowhere		  
Loretta: lots

Heather: not		  
Sonam: your		  
Alex: place

Wayne: chose		  
Felicia: many		  
Edwina: and

Cathy: celebrate		  
Sam: in		  
Kate: have

Nicola: then		  
Chris: avoided		  
Linda: adventures

Kylie: find		  
Marion: and		  
Gaylene: it

Helen: for		  
Kerrie: thoughts		  
Donna: from

Georgina: way		  
Ruth: those		  
Rohan: and

Matt: did		  
Sally: you		  
Marque: experienced

Afroditi: in		  
Tonia: and		  
Nikki: and

Julie: experienced		  
Monnie: and		  
Liz: liked

Kat: emotions		  
Rob: and		  
Matt: encountered

Mitchell: we		  
Charlotte: we		  
Georgie: don't

Kyle: embrace		  
Steve: losses		  
Jo: are

Chris: are		  
Jackie: time		  
Nicole: up

Julie: alive		  
Lauren: and		  
Jack: trust

Jenny: all		  
Julian: those		  
Nadine: you

Francine: you're		  
Karen: the		  
Mark: the

Tracey: and		  
Helen: your		  
Terri: all

Peter: do		  
Frank: and		    
         
         



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We all started from nowhere and are unique through all that we have encountered and experienced along the way.

We taught and learnt, accepted and dismissed, talked and listened, interacted and observed, liked and disliked, chose and rejected, met and avoided, and experienced many emotions.

We survived where others did not.

So what now?

Celebrate the wins. Overcome the losses. Spend time with those who add - don't invest in those that don't. Search for adventures. Embrace experiences. Share ideas and thoughts. Trust your instincts. Keep your senses alive.

Find what you like and do lots of it.

Keep your head up and your eyes open and if you are smiling, then you're in the right place.

 

(P.S. I am not sure that I agree with the second part of my last sentence, but it is too late to change it now)