Camera Brings Back Memories.

Every day is always another day. Yesterday is gone, today is about to be over and tomorrow will surface again. Such is life when we have to keep living to see another day. But what happens to the yesterday that has passed and will never surface again?

I call them memories. We can only remember a few of how they happened. We can only have faded pictures in our heads of what happened and sometimes we don't even have those memories at all. But there is one thing that can bring back those memories like we are back into it again. And that's the power of the camera.

I remember this shot I took last year. It was a part of my dreams come true. And that's always one of the reasons why I will always remain grateful for life. We might not always have a perfect life. But when we look back to how we were yesterday and today, we realize there is a difference.

I have bigger dreams. But two years ago I was sunk in this dream. I never knew how it would come to pass. But gradually over a year filled with persistence and perseverance, I got to live in those dreams. I believe dreams come true when you don't give up on them.

Today, which is the present life we live in. I call it moments. We still have a choice to make in our moment before it becomes memories. At the moment I might wish to turn my head facing backward and take a capture, I might want to have myself smile as hard as I could and have my teeth shiny as white as a dove. But once it’s over, then there is no choice but to see them as memories.

In our moments, we can live to try new things. We can also choose not to. It's my first time getting to have a taste of almond nuts. I felt the resistance at first but I tried it. I have memories of myself taking groundnuts, cashew nuts, palm nuts, coconuts, but not almond nuts. But I know afterward I might never get the chance to have a taste of it anymore.

Leaving a footprint on the sand of time is not as easy as said. You can only have a footprint when you are on good soil. You can't imagine your footprint on clay soil. No! Maybe you might have to carve your footprint on it. But on sandy soil, you can have your prints as much as you want in it.

The moral of this is that the impact you make is not really a matter of yourself making the impact, but it’s rather on the substance you are trying to make an impact on. You might choose to be the best of all time, and people around you would never acknowledge you as one.

Yo! These are words from a farmer. Not a physiologist or a counselor. I derive happiness from nature. And also get inspired by nature too. Nature seems to be natural. And that's why it will always continue to survive over time.

The greens from the forest, the blues from the sky, the endlessness of the oceans, the purity of the air, the tastelessness of water, the creatures existing in all of these areas. All of these make life a better place to live.

I will always cherish life and live in it. We have our differences and that's more of a reason why a fish finds it difficult to survive on land and a chicken can never survive in the sea. We all have our boundaries and the same way we all have our limits.

Take love in nature’s gift, reflect on it, and derive joy 🤩. Look up to the sky, face the stars, rest on the greens, feel the aroma from the roses, and live an unforgettable moment before they turn memories…

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Here is my response to the #JulyInleo prompt day 16 You can check out more HERE