Snap shot (1 of 3)

This is the first of a series of three thoughts I have been having.  They kinda of build on each other to explain my final thought.  
Have you ever taken a picture of something?  Of course you have.  What about a video?  Which is the truer representation?  In my opinion it is the video because capture things that occur around us, we can't change the back ground quickly or without editing etc.  A picture can be made "picture perfect" because it is a very minute moment in time from one angle so we can make everything perfect for just that instance.  If you make a candid video it's much more difficult to control all dimensions.  So what is the difference?  The difference is time.  A snap shot is taken in a split second where a video is taken over a period of seconds, minutes or hours.  The snap shot if often an idealized representation of what we want people to see or how we want people to interpret that moment.  A video, especially a candid one, often times show how things really are.  Have you ever watched a birthday video from your childhood?  There's usually alot of noise, a few people with unhappy banter, someone crying, someone yelling.  Maybe the child blowing out the candles is being yelled at to hurry up before the wax melts, but when we look at the picture from it, man does it look like a happy time. 

So what does this have to do with my writings?  Well, it's an interesting thought for one, but to take it one step deeper, it's to say, some people have taken snap shots of my life.  Some of them picture perfect, others when I was an absolute mess but please do not judge me by the snap shot, judge me by the video.  The video isn't done yet either.  But over my life I have been a pretty good guy, then for a few years of struggle I have been a pretty horrible guy.  In the end I will be the best guy but I am just now starting to make him. So when you look at others, remember, you are only getting a snap shot of their life.   Take time before you make indelible opinions of them so you know you are judging the video and not the snap shot.  They may look better in the picture, they may look worse, only time will tell.  Give it time.