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Moments

This is one of those, impromptu writings. I have been very remiss in my writings and wanted to get something down, to keep the juices flowing. There have been a few things that have happened in my life that have made me not want to write. I want to write now, just not my thoughts or feelings on those events. So I am taking a detour around them. Reflecting on my life, just what is on my mind.

Moments are on my mind. A minute is a measure of time, a general term. If someone says, "Wait a minute", I think,"Okay, about sixty seconds". But a moment... That is a different measure of time. It is personalized. It is our moment. Things happen in moments. Our thought processes switch, we own that moment. These are detailed snippets of us. In my day to day life there are many moments. I remember them as what they are to me, mine. The moment I walk outside after twelve hours of work, and feel the warm sunshine kiss my face, the light breeze that bids me Hello by moving a tuft of my hair. The sun and breeze are welcoming me to their world. I have left the sterile computer laden world, moved into the real world. I am the only person around me that feels that moment just that way. MY MOMENT!

I want to remember to live my life in moments, not minutes. I want to feel everything around me. Experience the joy when I see someone smile, a cloud moving slowly across the sky, the wag of Aengus' tail when he sees me.

I look forward to uncounted moments, moments yet to come in my life. I will own them and they will be mine.