Capturing moments.

I like taking photos.

One of the best things about going crazy and taking as many shots as the camera can handle is going home, loading it onto my computer and then, going through and looking at the pictures.

Someone once remarked to me that it must be the most arduous, boring job, sorting the good from the bad.

I think that the fun is actually deciding which ones need to go, and what needs editing.

But there are moments that are captured in a photo. You know, those that tell a story, just from that single frame, that tells of the emotion and thoughts on the sleeve of your object's heart (I generally take more photos of people than landscape).

Went to the movies with mum last night and we watched Painted Veil, a movie based location wise in China and starring Naomi Watts and Edward Norton as the two main characters. *spoiler- yes I am about to discuss a part of the movie so if you really don't want to know, please stop reading here thanks*

At one point, Kitty (Watts) who is married to Dr Fane (Norton) faints. He hurries to the infirmary after being informed and waits for her to tell him the news. After telling him she is not ill, she finally says that she is pregnant. The emotion on both their faces at that point display their hearts. He is joyfully overwhelmed. She isn't.

His face says it all. He wants to celebrate there and then. But then... he notices her sadness. What's wrong? The moment turns slightly sour as conversation is exchanged and the fact that the father of the baby cannot be confirmed (Kitty was having an affair just prior, close to how long she's been feeling this way).

But the moment of redemption and the bit I love most is when he says, "Well, it doesn't matter anymore". He has forgiven her and they have moved on.

I think it's rather hard to forgive especially when the other person has wronged you. Especially in the moment when Norton realises that the baby may not be his but another man's child. Yet he makes the choice to love his wife and child, overlooking the other details.

It's hard to have eloquence this early in the morning but it has been a recurring thought as I pondered the moment of elation, through to the disappointment and finally to the compassion he shows his wife all in that scene.

Yup, that's what it's all about... finding in ourselves the ability to love even when those closest to you hurt you.