The simple things!

I've been taking up lotsa photography lately with my new canon A1000IS , it aint a DSLR sadly lol but it can get the job done pretty well. I thought i was only gonna use it for like normal shots at camp but i ended up loving to take scenery and really really small stuff using macro mode. Super awesome shots. Well i just got back from the Phillipines and also Frasher's Hill and i got plenty of shots to show you guys. I guess the shots i took really showed the essence of what i mean by "Blessings Through a Magnifying Glass" cause i guess the best thing to sum up the events of the year is that everything is a blessing from God, but how much blessing a person receives depends on how you look at the things God has given you.

Look at it this way, have you ever thanked God that you have a bar of Kit kat?

Or how about a watch?

Or how about a house?

Or how about a car?

Or how about a computer?

Or how about a bottle of mineral water?

Or how about just being alive?

Now, to a guy who makes a good living, maybe a kit kat, a watch and a bottle of water ain't that big a deal. I mean, stuff like that i can just buy it with money. Maybe the car, the house and computer could be considered a blessing to a person who makes a good living.

Now to a guy who makes like a super duper awesome living, i believe all of that wouldn't matter.

Got a bar of kit kat? duhhh

Got a watch? duhhhhhhh

How bout a house? got one by the beach and one near the ocean

Car? 17 of em

Computer? latest

Mineral water? u kidding?

How bout being alive? Ill think bout that.......

Okay the final study, a poor guy who makes a living collecting scrap metal?

All of the stuff would mean a big deal to him, even if he were to be able to obtain just a bottle of mineral water or even better ..... coke! .... would put a big big smile on his face.

I believe in all the case studies, we can judge the best with something i call a "Smile-ometer!"

So average guy who gets a bar of kit kat!! = 5 1/2 smile!

A rich dude who gets a bar of kit kat!! = 3 1/4 smile!

A poor dude who collects scrap = Priceless!

There are somethings money can't buy, for everything else there is............... lol

I guess what people really look for in this life is happiness, honestly, who wouldn't want to be happy?

But it seems that as we grow into a richer and richer state we tend to want more more more, and think about ME ME ME , but we tend to forget the simple things that brought us joy when we were in different circumstances. Even to the simplest thing of BEING ALIVE!

The easiest example: When you were a child, the mere sight of a toy made you happy, and that toy became like your best friend, eg: you would talk to it or hit it or cuddle it as you go to sleep lol . But as you grow up, you find that you aren't as fond of that toy as you once was, and somehow the toy goes missing, left on the shelf and eventually given away. And now our joy comes in the form of newer more expensive toys. But are we really happy?

I think the person who is truly happy is the person who gets stuff when he really really needs it or never is capable of getting it, and he experiences more joy than any person in the world.

Everything given to you, ain't just simply because it was given to you, but its because God entrusted it to you! :)