There's a need to clutch on to a good feeling moment. When we experience something that's radically more than what we're used to, we often react by wanting to capture the moment. There's a feeling that this kind of thing is rare and if we can capture it, it can last, and we can keep coming back to get a hit of the sensation.
I saw the Who in concert a few weeks back. They had a beautiful light show. Whenever something really elaborate came on the screen, the cell phones lit up in the hall as people took pictures and videos. The person sitting next to me spent a lot of time capturing the show. I looked at one of the images she took. It paled in comparison to what she was shooting.
I thought that fear motivates us to want to hang on to a moment past the time of the experience. There's a sense that we would lose something if we let it pass.
But what if we were to experience a beautiful and heightened moment, and then let it go? Even if that means we forget it in the next moment. Then we are fully open to the beauty and exhilaration of what we are experiencing.
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Brooks Happy New Year!
The fact is that every moment of life is precious, has the same value, regardless of how you live with the knowledge that time. It's what life is like this that forms the basis of subsequent experiences. The return to the past is equivalent to obscure awareness of the present moment, to escape from the present and then to deny moments of life in which we are, however, if present, are a time of growth, life-experiment, however precious. Returning to the past loses the present, and an opportunity for improvement. The past is fixed, dead, but the present is malleable, alive.
I apologize for any points poorly written, but I use google translator.
This moment is powerfully alive! It's a living thing.
I find this a challenge with my kids being so young. Mainly because their childhood seems so ephemeral.
I see the blogs of people that take pictures of their children daily, and wonder if I, by not doing the same thing, will regret it in the future. Will I remember less than those other parents?
Your post is good encouragement for me.
Yes, it is. I agree.
Thank You Brooks
I couldn't agree more! I love to take photos and/or video; however, when doing so, one misses the moment itself! Thank you.
You're welcome, PonyGirl and Bluman!
Monica, it's like PonyGirl wrote, "I love to take photos and/or video, however when doing so, one misses the moment itself!"
By removing the compulsive need to capture an image of everything our minds say is special, we remove a great distraction from experiencing the moment. The best thing we can do for ourselves and our loved ones is be present with them in the moment. It's the connection that matters most.
That doesn't mean don't ever take a picture. Feel it out and when it occasionally feels right, and it doesn't take away from the moment, take a picture. Then you'll end up with a small amount of choice pics that you can enjoy later.
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