January 22nd - Photographs

January 22nd
I am grateful for photographs. I love looking through old photo albums which my mum and grandma have, as well as my own, and reminiscing of the good moments of the past.

Having photos of the ones you love, such as my wife and family, are constant reminders of the happiness and love I have in my life now. There is a photo on my desk of my wife and I which was taken a few years ago at my sisters wedding, and this instantly, and within a few seconds, tells me a story of my time with my wife, connecting the present to the past time of the photo. It reminds me of how beautiful she is back then, connecting to my life with her now, and thinking of how beautiful she is now and how beautiful she has been between now and then. All from the glimpse of one photo. I am grateful to have these simply and free moments.

I am grateful for the photos I have from my past, especially when I was a child, giving me memories of what life was like for me back then, remembering the mischief I got up to, remembering old friends, allowing topics of conversation to arise and starting up stories of the people in those photos, or the places where the photo taken and what I was like during the time of the photo. I am grateful I am able to capture a moment in time that illustrates how beautiful life is, especially moments in time where there is spectacular weather front, or a beautiful landscape scenery or hills, beaches and forest life. I am grateful for these moment.

I am also grateful for the photos that inspire me to be the best I can be today, the photos that remind me of my achievements, and help me realise that I can do the same today, and that what ever task or challenge I have now, can be accomplished because I have put in the effort, sweat and tears in the past, and the proof is right there in a photo. I am so so grateful for this. And if there is a photo of my past which doesn't show greatness or reminds me of a time where I wasn't so good, I can realise how I've grown to succeed from that past.

I am grateful to have photographs around my house that are easily accessible to me to help me with my life today. And I am thankful that photos can help me in this way. I am grateful that they help me smile when I struggle to and trigger off great emotions.