Hauntingly
beautiful, heartwarming and seemingly everlasting; our lives are littered with
such moments. However, even among those moments, there are those that are so
scintillatingly magnificent and magical that it is hard to believe in their reality. Transient and
yet, eternal, they feel like an unreal dream that never seizes to stop and yet
somehow is never enough to satisfy us to our heart’s content. But at the end of
the day, the only reason they are called moments is because they don’t last
very long, sadly.
I
once read somewhere that “Life is not made up of minutes, hours, days, weeks,
months, or years, but of moments. You must experience each one before you can
appreciate it.” I believe I now find myself in the proper disposition to not only
understand the meaning of this statement but also to acknowledge the ineffable
beauty of these moments that make up our lives.
That’s
about all that inhabits my mind at this moment. My thoughts remind me of a
certain quote by a famous American poet, novelist and story writer named Charles
Bukowski. He once said, “Some moments are nice; some are nicer; some are even
worth writing about.” For me, this was certainly one of those moments.
They say that when a person is on the verge of death, their entire life flashes before their eyes. That's not entirely true. What really flashes before the eyes is the string of moments that make up our lives. How do I know? I have been there, knocking on deaths door and almost passed into the light. Fortunately I lived to write about it. This is the best advice I can give you. Cherish the moments of your life because their worth cannot be measured; moments are priceless