"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."
This saying caught my attention when Shruti put it up as her Whatsapp display picture. I couldn't agree with the last part right from the moment I saw it on her profile. Especially in this digital age, when cameras have become as simple as toys and every child or adult with a DSLR is deemed a photographer, the comparison to life seemed to be a very irrational and restitutionist thought.
Life has a much higher level of accountability and doesn't always give an observatory interface with negative portions like through a lens. Life is priceless and doesn't give you a second chance with decisions pertaining to its course. If life is anything like a camera, it would be like the old film roll camera but which would let you click only a select few shots. Life is judged on the basis of its content and virtue.
Life also shares virtues of patience, ability, wisdom, compassion, hope and love. Life demands accountability unto God and Man. It is this sense of accountability thst promotes the sense of faith and symbiotic compassion amongst the human race.
The restitutionist idea of perceiving life pursued by reckless and unaccountable people damages the equilibrium in the society due to their disregard and disrespect for vital aspects of life. The "eat, drink, merry for all is well and all is for good" motto does not even stand for those who preach it.
These very people find themselves giving up on life and yearning for hope when faced with life threatening situations and terminal diseases.
It is the accountability of our lives that qualify us to be strong and rely on the mercy of hope in times of strife and ailment.
Life is precious. It needs wise judgement and accountability for the goodness of self, family and society. So capture the good moments, be grateful for it. Develop or correct the negatives and keep hope till the very end. But even if it seems like things don't turn out, don't give up waiting for another chance because only one who shows faith till the end will succeed.
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