Preserved by Purpose – Spiritual Selfie

& 10 years ago, I travelled to Paris, France and Vienna, Austria by myself for a brief vacation in mid-summer. As much as I enjoyed visiting some of the most historic places in the world like the Louvre Museum and Versailles Palace, I was often frustrated by how to take pictures of myself at these places. & Sure, I took plenty of pictures of these breathtakingly beautiful gardens, museums, and landmarks.& But I wasn’t in any of them, and I wanted to be in some of them. & At first, I asked other tourists to take my picture, which most of the time they willingly agreed.& & However, after a while, I got tired of asking others to take my picture.& & I knew then that I had one last resort if I wanted pictures of these places with me in them: the selfie. Despite my best efforts, I struggled trying to take a selfie. I wanted to take selfies in one of the mirrored halls at Versailles Palace but my attempt to get the artwork in the background and my face in the foreground made my head look twice as big.& & & I then tried to take the...