The Picture and The One Thousand Words

It happened again. I have no idea where today’s ramblings originated, but I am staying on the path.

“A picture is worth a thousand words”, she said.  I’ve heard this expressed more times than I can count.  I understand it to mean that one could talk (or write) for a very long time and never reach the level of comprehension, love, empathy, joy, sorrow, or even hatred that one well-crafted image will convey.

Think about these random pictures. You probably have hundreds of beautiful photographs in your own image library so any of those would do as well.

When you look at each image, imagine that you took the snapshot.  Think about the feelings experienced and what it would take to describe them to someone else.  

A Simple Faucet

For some reason, I seem to be chastising myself when it comes to “simple things”.  Today, that means washing hands and rinsing dishes.

Fortunate to live in a country where obtaining potable water does not involve a 3-mile walk with a 50-pound container on my head, I have only to pull a shiny, chrome-finished handle.  In the blink of an eye, I am gifted with as much temperature-controlled water as I wish.

Perhaps I am thinking about this more while seeing drought affecting our western states.  I suppose that happens when problems hit closer to home.  Knowing that a billion people in our world are making that 3-mile walk has apparently not made the impact that it should be making.  Shameful.