Make a Wish

^A Match: the scene conjures up and now the image still does a feeling of hope which is wearing thin as the day draws to an end, connotated by the confluent clouds to close the piece of blue sky. Held up my GX200 to it, I made a wish and shot the picture.

Traumatised by some personal problem, a friend mine has recently been diagnosed with hypochondria, the infamous psychologic illness which makes the sufferers blue about just anything. She is having her black dog with her, so to speak. This reminds me of the very bottom in my life which I hit some years ago. Those darkest days seemed to be lasting forever at that time. As a habitual photographer, if I can call myself it, I have been keeping photographic records of my life and the lives of people close to me. For that matter, I can tell exactly how long those days were by looking at the period when I ended up with little photos.

Life is full of ups and downs, yes. But this fact is more easily known up in the head than on the heart. For those who have been through the bumpier roads, we know it well as the back of our palms that the ups and the downs in fact do take turns. Most people believe that there are good times and there are bad times. No, they are wrong, I can tell you for sure.

^I spent some twenty mintues photographing the lamp posts against the darkening sky in late evening. The composition is crisp with the complementing colours to my liking and amazement.

If life is a path, the ups are always on one side and the downs on the other. We always have both at the same time but are often oblivious to one because of the prevalence of the other. When it seems that the bad luck waylays us to bring us down, it doesn't. It has always been there. Fact is, we have been kept afloat by the good times which get all of our attention.

So, my friends, and dear readers, if you happen to be in a fit of bad luck, simply turn your eyes to the other side of the path of life. Count what you have and the joy you have tasted. Make a well wish.

Make a wish, especially when you see these matches. Maybe even more so when you've got a camera with you.

Don't despair. There is always hope when your path of life have two sides, and it certainly has.