zoom...

"Focus" - a center of activity, attraction, or attention; a state or condition permitting clear perception or understanding - definition taken from Merriam Webster



As defined by the dictionary, the concept is very easy to grasp.

as defined by experience...the concept is not very easy to explain.

if you liken yourself to a camera, your eyes would be lenses,
every time you blink you capture moments

and you store the ones you like in your brain, your memory disc
and you do this until your battery... your heart, runs out.

...your heart can only take so much sometimes
and there will be a need for you to recharge it,
reset and start over...

we all have our way of capturing memories...
the difference would always be on the way you zoom in on things.

would you be on auto or manual focus?

when you're on auto focus...
you just let the shot take you wherever it leads you.
no control...no responsibility...just technical clarity...
no effort at all.

but when you're on manual focus...
there's direction...
you know what you want to shoot
and you try your best to zoom in on it
until it's sharp enough,
until it's clear enough to your liking...

most of the time we don't know what we want
and we're on auto focus.
we believe it's what we want.
our natural instincts make us believe it is what's best for us...

but the minute you decide to be on manual focus...
things change for you.
you're in control of your life...your choices...
you know not only what you want,
but you have a clear understanding of what it is you need
and how to get it.

you have the power to turn a bad shot into a good one
by zooming in, cropping out the elements
that make your picture look less appealing.

your shots are actually better.

a good remembrance of a very small space of time
you want to keep with you...
in your memory disc...

a collection of you and how you have been...

a reminder of what more you could be.

when you focus...
you're taking one step towards taking charge of your life...

and the best part of it all is when you take every shot...
in your mind you quietly say...

"smile".

focus is a good thing...

when you're "in" and not "out of" it.