Today is one of those days that you live and wonder how it happened. This afternoon I received very sad news of my uncle passing away. This was very unexpected and just no warning. Huge life changes like this make you question your own life and how you are living it.
Today also marks the passing of Steve Jobs which, I suppose, typically wouldn't affect me as much as it did today. However with my uncle passing away I was reading some quotes by Steve Jobs and they seem so poignant. Amazing how something someone says takes on a life of it's own within someone else's head.
Quotes from Steve Jobs:
(from
CNN)
"Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only
way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And
the only way to do great work is to love what you do," he told the
Stanford grads in 2005.
"If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all
matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. And, like any great
relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on."
I know that my uncle loved his work and I have to believe that he was very happy and satisfied with his life. Family or friends passing makes you take a hard look at your life and if we are truly satisfied with our lives or just doing what we do to get by. Photography is certainly what makes me happiest. I love the time that I get to spend with my career and only wish I could be doing nothing but photography. I am happy spending time in nature and discovering life.
Pardon my broken thoughts, I hope that I have made some sense. Rest in peace uncle Marty. You were loved and will be missed.
Reflection
© Anna Chipman
