There are moments when I feel that I don’t have it in me; the strength, the courage. Weakened by age and doubts. Paralyzed by questions I can’t seem to find answers to.

But knowing that you have a choice. To wait in joyful anticipation or in fearful hopelessness.

Wait and find beauty in the simple things. Wait and expect for good things. Wait and know that everything will be provided for.

There is a reason why you have to stop for a bit and wait. Sometimes, in waiting, like how you see that bus pulling in to your stop, you get that wonderful opportunity to watch your future unfold.

Trivia: Photo taken inside a traveling agency on Pham Ngu Lao Street in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; February 2008.

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Day in and day out, I’d find my fingers tapping on the keyboard. Seems too technical, too boring. But there’s this certain spark which drives me to glide through the letters incessantly. Forming words then sentences till a full thought has been formed and effectively transcribed.

Art is not seen at face value. Thoughts take shape; emotions expressed. With boldness; in abandon. It’s quite fascinating if you think about it, and I mean, really think about it. Out of the ordinary, something beautiful comes to life.

These keys are like my way to connect with other people even when I’m simply sitting in front of a machine, feeling the little squares under my finger tips. Feels like they make it possible for my world to come within reach of friends and strangers.

I reckon this is what they mean when they say that the world is within one’s reach. At least, personally, it’s one way of I’d like to look at it. This realisation had made me smile.

Sometimes, your eyes will fall on certain things which will never fail to remind you of His promise.

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Notice how, when you focus on light, everything else are in shadows?

When objects are subjected to light, you see details more clearly. Colours, contours, and shapes are defined. And even the tiniest bit of imperfection will become visible to the naked eye. You then can know that something’s truly there. You can boldly identify it.

Then when you look at the light directly, anything that surrounds it seems to disappear. They are now hidden in shadows. It will be difficult to make them out.

However, the thing about having a source of light, it can be generous. It will allow your vision to adjust in order to see well enough to go through the darkness. It’ll guide you through the shadows.

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Harmony, melody, and rhythm.

Notes, beats, and lyrics.

Keys, wind, and strings.

There are a number of elements that compose music but not till everything comes together will we find its true beauty. Together, they make sense.

Like how all the elements of photography come together to create a photograph. A photograph that captures you, allows you to become a part of it, makes you see and feel what the photographer had seen and captured.

The beauty of music that lasts inspire us to hold on to them.

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