Currently listening to: Tom Petty - I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better
I've been doing a lot of thinking lately- about a lot of things, too. I'd really like to talk about one specific thing though...
First and foremost, I've had such a wonderful life. I may not have travelled the world (okay, I have a little ;) ), become an incredibly influential person, done anything great for humanity, etc... but I still feel like life's been awesome journey so far. I know you're all probably thinking that an incredibly cliche thing to say, but it's cliche for a reason- life IS incredible and that's just the easiest way to describe it.
I could not ask for anything more than I have now- family, a girlfriend, friends, and the outlook and ability to appreciate them for all they're worth. I've been trying to do a lot more photography lately. My new camera really helped that along since I was pretty stoked to have a nice one. I'm not going to lie- I think I've taken some beautiful pictures with it. But I don't love those pictures because of the credit or praise I get from taking them, though.
It's just a high when I look at that picture and am able to relive that experience. It reminds me of all the happy faces I saw, all the beautiful things in nature, all the intricacies of life, and the simple fact that life is made of lots of ups and downs. Ups wouldn't be ups without downs and downs wouldn't be downs without ups. It also reminds me of how small I am.
Hence the reason I love photography- it has the ability to remind me of all those things, then remind other people, too. Those things all have the power to bring people together and push through borders and boundaries They break us out of the daily grind and our usual trains of thought during it, enabling us to see what the world is really like and all the things we love about it or feel we could fix. They bring about appreciation for all the good things, and change for all the bad. They remind us of the simple commonalities that all humans hold. They bring about the compassion in those of us with the ability to provide or support others and encourage us to do so. They remind us that humanity should struggle together to survive, not struggle with eachother to survive.
Lots of Thinking
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