You know that feeling where something special is happening in the present moment, and you’re right there in it, but just for a moment you step out of yourself long enough to become acutely aware that you’re forming an indelible memory?
Eeeeeee! I love this! I'm so delighted to read this and so proud of the absolute badass you are. I found myself touching my own cheek reading it.
Every now and then I am lucky enough to step out of a moment and notice that I am having a formative experience. To get even more meta with it I almost always end up wondering during that moment if it will be as memorable as I think it is. I haven't written these moments down though, and definitely do forget sometimes - at least temporarily. But largely the memories stick.
This phenomenon does seem to happen in both positive and negative moments for me which I find interesting. It almost feels like a form of mindfulness practice. I wonder if it can be similarly cultivated by habit or practice.
Missed it by a week. Dorothy's family was all gathered on the Space Coast . This week we head over towards Will's. But I share your love for special things eidetic ...
Marissa, thank you so much for being so generous with your heart and mind every week. Not a day goes by that I don't find myself having one of those moments -- I immediately want to write it down or take a photo or tell someone else -- and then I realize, the moment has passed. I've spent many more moments wrestling with that instinct, that need to keep score, that need to share something that was for me.
Eeeeeee! I love this! I'm so delighted to read this and so proud of the absolute badass you are. I found myself touching my own cheek reading it.
Every now and then I am lucky enough to step out of a moment and notice that I am having a formative experience. To get even more meta with it I almost always end up wondering during that moment if it will be as memorable as I think it is. I haven't written these moments down though, and definitely do forget sometimes - at least temporarily. But largely the memories stick.
This phenomenon does seem to happen in both positive and negative moments for me which I find interesting. It almost feels like a form of mindfulness practice. I wonder if it can be similarly cultivated by habit or practice.
Missed it by a week. Dorothy's family was all gathered on the Space Coast . This week we head over towards Will's. But I share your love for special things eidetic ...
Marissa, thank you so much for being so generous with your heart and mind every week. Not a day goes by that I don't find myself having one of those moments -- I immediately want to write it down or take a photo or tell someone else -- and then I realize, the moment has passed. I've spent many more moments wrestling with that instinct, that need to keep score, that need to share something that was for me.