Life is like a Camera

Life is like a camera. Just focus on what’s important, capture the good times, develop from the negatives, and if things don’t turn out – take another shot. Unknown

The above saying is an unknown marvel. It is very inspiring and contenting good teaching though, nobody knows who uttered the wonder at the first time.

I am sure whoever reads the above marvel will be inspired very much. I myself am inspired so I think it is smart enough to expand the old saying into “Life is like a camera. Just focus on what is important, capture the good times. If things lay dimly at a distance – zoom to make them closer. Develop from the negatives, but if things don’t turn out – take another shot.”

The writing about Life is like a Camera is conducting into several series

Part 1

“Life is like a camera.

The first thing we have to do is we try to know what a Camera is and what the meaning of the Life.

According to Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary – third edition, A Camera is a device for taking photographs or making films or television programs.

How about the life? In the same dictionary, we can learn that Life is the period between birth and death; the experience or state of being alive. 

Is Camera an important device? In this modern era, camera is needed very much. We know that every person has been equipped with a quality that makes it possible for them to think, feel emotions and understand things. That quality can give a person ability to remember information, experiences, things and people.  However, human beings are earthly and this earthly matter makes human beings are not good enough to remember or to be able to bring back pieces of information about what they have experienced into their mind. People’s mind is limited so it cannot be able to keep piece of information about what they have experienced in the past. For example, you certainly would like to know what you looked like or to remember what happened to you in your childhood. However, it is impossible to remember what your face looked like or what you experienced when you were at about the age of two, three, five, or even six.

Therefore, a Camera is very useful in the modern era. By the camera one can record things that happened to him/her or someone during her/his lifetime. A camera could record some good times of yours like your first birthday, your baptism day, your engagement day and/or other interesting experiences. The camera also could put any sadness events in detail like an accident, death and funeral ceremony of your beloved one.

The difference and similarity of Camera and Life:

Camera is a device only, while Life is an experience or state of being alive. Base on these definitions we learn that Life is actually different from a Camera. You know what? A Camera is only a device or an abiotic object but Life is the quality which makes living things (people, animals and plants) different from objects, substances, and things which are dead.

Life is not a device but it is a value, it is a quality. When you are sure that you have quality of life, you will know and create the level of enjoyment, comfort and health in your life. But if there is no value in your life, then you will confidently think and believe that you are not as good, not as intelligent, and/or not as attractive, etc. as other people are.