Mirror or a Candle

There are two ways of spreading light;
to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.


First things first, this picture was not taken by me ;), came in today morning as a forward. I normally shift + del my forwards but today since i had nothing better to do just thought of giving the forwards a try. I came across this one in one of those never ending good morning messages which start from morning 9 and go on till about 4 in the afternoon. Just read the words and looked at the picture and wondered what would I like to be a candle which is the original source of light or the mirror which just reflects light which is not its own. Well being an advocate of reason started analysing the pros and cons of being a candle or a mirror. If you be the candle you are the original source of Light, you can light the darkness and speaking metaphorically you can bring light into some body's life. But the candle melts as time goes on, its length decreases proportionately with time and finally it gets extinguished. Now look at the mirror it does nothing except reflecting light but gives an impression as if it is the never ending source of light. It just rides on somebody's achievement ( in this case the candle). But the light from the mirror lasts only the time the candle is burning. The moment the candle is extinguished there is no light for the mirror to reflect. The mirror exists waiting for another source but the candle is gone. This analogy can be applied to many areas in life. For instance there are two types of people in this world people who innovate and people who imitate. The second type rides on the achevement of the first and ironically in most cases the imitators gain more than the creators. Its a matter of choice to be an innovator or an imitator. So what would you like to be ?