Looking through the camera lens of your eye

As a lover of photography, the Dose knows firsthand the different effects, views, and perspectives from the many types of camera lenses.  

A wide-angle lens provides a broad view; the telephoto lens allows the camera to capture the images off in the far distance and then there’s the macro lens. This lens focuses up close and personal, capturing every minute detail of the subject. Photos taken with a macro lens provide one BIG focus: the center of attention. To this lens, things in the periphery don’t seem to matter or exist. 

Now, here’s the rub… some days or seasons in my life, I strap on the macro lens of my eye’s camera and focus on self, blurring or blocking out those in the periphery. Sad but true that the Dose can fixate on self and ignore the smiles, cries, and help from others.  And may I humbly say how keeping this self-focus for long periods ends up magnifying the imperfections and blemishes of my being. Sadness prevails and my purpose and passion are ignored. Not good!

A macro lens produces beautiful photographs… of single objects up close.  

Let’s leave it for the camera, and for our eyes use a wide-angle lens. Focusing on others, who matter and exist, is more rewarding than staring at yourself.