Rest quietly in what you know is true. Then act.

"Rest quietly in what you know is true. Then act."


We all have something to offer. We all have something that we can do better than anyone else. I think many times we forget this and we simply stare and admires others for their abilities, over valuing other people and undervaluing ourselves. Why rely on others to tell you how things are suppose to be, use what you know, use your abilities, despite what others are doing. You maybe win out in the end.

Currently I am into photography. Its a very involved hobby and well at times it can be a lot of fun and at times it can be a lot of stress keeping it all together. It is also a very competitive field. There is always someone out there with better equipment, better skills, and better creative talent. But in the end what I see is that I have something to offer that no one else has. I see it in my pictures and maybe I'm deluding myself but its okay. In the end it all comes down to what we like anyway.

I see is a lot of homogenization in photography. Everyone using the same equipment, doing the same style of photography, doing the same poses, etc. Look at wedding photographers, they almost all look the same. Being different comes at a cost that you might be over looked. You might be the best chef in the world but if you are too different people will eat else where.

I watch a lot of cooking competition on TV like Hells Kitchen, Iron chef and now Top Chef. What I see is sometimes the person you least expect comes out the winner because of their differences. For examples chef Garces won Iron Chef and his cuisine is heavily South American influenced. Chef Rick Bayless won and his cuisine is purely Mexican. Chef Morimoto is probably one of the best Iron Chefs and his is strictly Japanese food. So as I see it just like these Chefs, photographers, writers, musicians, and everyone has that spark that makes them unique but the trick is finding it. How do we get there.

It comes from knowing our authentic selves. The real us, the one that isn't tainted by all the outside stuff, all the fads, and hype of what things are suppose to be like. It's a Sam Adams lager instead of a Budweiser. It's the RC Cola instead of Coke or Pepsi. It's the Pentax instead of the Nikon or Canon. Its embracing our differences instead of simply following the same rules of who thing should be done. By being or real, unique selves we put a spin on it and it becomes different, new, something never seen or tired before. Its the real self that takes account its past, present and future and really discovers what they are about. For many it can be hard.