Photographs and Memories

Pictures can paint a thousand words and can definitely stir thousands of emotions. These often leaves us with memories, be it a worth-remembering or a worth-forgetting one; but one thing's for sure, though these pictures may simply pass in a single glimpse, it carries along with it memoirs. But then again our perception towards things, such as pictures, are often colored by our personal biases thus mediating our view of the real thing, of what is reality. These biases may take the form of pre-conceived notions, or other self-fulfilling prophecies; which in turn delimits us into wandering and taking a look at the entire view of the picture. For an instance, whenever I see a blind person, I often entail seeing that person to a feeling of being sympathetic towards that person. As a justification towards my course of action, I am being sympathetic towards them for I know that they have always longed to be as normal as possible and since I am one of those gifted with a better health condition, assisting them in any means would be the least that I could do. But then again as performed by a number of them and as what I have noticed, these people are trying their hardest just so they could live by the standards of the society. They act as if everything is moving swiftly and smoothly. So why not open avenues for them instead? Why allow them to feel sorry for themselves? Isn't that adding insult to injury? Recognizing their limited capabilities and respecting them as beings having inadequate strength is certainly enough; but providing them special attention is too much. This is because handing down to them all their necessities is like voicing-out to the whole world that they could not provide for themselves, which is definitely not the case. Understanding though that at some times they would tend to do things at a slower pace than what is deemed ideal is a good thing rather. So, if they are capable of achieving it, why impede them excelling and obtaining a name for themselves?