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sirenHydrants

Check out more photographs of various fire hydrants
throughout my journeys on my Instagram page.

https://www.instagram.com/jennuinelykind/

My subject of this photography- is to recognize the beauty of something so important - yet disregarded / or ignored / overlooked - until needed in order to save lives. Much like people / we often are only sought or remembered when someone else needs something from us... an act of selfishness- and then once again ignored and treated like scrap ... Fire Hydrants can teach us lot... just as people can... one just has to know how to truly appreciate the smaller things in life & recognize that the smallest things are oftentimes the most profound -because- they are so simple... and simple nowadays is overlooked.

Acknowledge

How often does one stop and appreciate the beauty of an inanimate object without the need to possess it? An object that we ourselves may never truly recognize or acknowledge it's true purpose and therefore rarely ever see utilized to its full potential. Everyday! But then... there are those who have been saved by those Hydrants... homes saved... people rescued - because of a source where water flows. So... sometimes we can be the fire hydrant... we can help people extinguish the flames in their life ... & often times ... we /& they may never know exactly what it was that saved them from the flames.

I truly cherish fire Hydrants; I call them sirenHydrants because like a siren - I wish to sing to those who are lost along the way and are on fire due to the flames which consume their hearts and minds. Quenching them & the flames they surround themselves in. I also appreciate them because we take advantage of their simplicity. They do not ask anything of us, yet they give so much - save lives, and yet, we walk by them everyday and don't even look at them twice until we need them. I feel as if I too am a fireHydrant. I am often looked over until those who are in need of a place to rest or those who set themselves on fire (emotionally, mentally, or spiritually) then see me as a source of water to help hydrate them until the fire within is more manageable or extinguished. The most important thing to remember is regardless if I am a fire hydrant or not to another person; to remember that the water flows through the hydrant and not from it. The energy of the universe flows through us when we are called to be there for another & the energy is not being taken or stolen from us directly. We are a source of inspiration - just as all others are and can be. Every action and every reaction we make has a rippling effect that's exudes in all directions.

There is a lot of things to appreciate about fire hydrants... & not just when we want something from them. They are all different sizes, colors, & made through different manufacturers- just like us. FireHydrants may not be alive, but they are living in the best way. Giving without expectation or judgment of race, color, class, or creed - a giving which represents what I feel is unconditional. This is the way I wish to love.

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