Wouldn’t it be great if a stopwatch would actually stop and restart time, rather than just stopping and starting a timer? I’m afraid the closest we’ll ever be able to come to that fantasy is to learn to be fully present and alive in the moments that we are given.
If you could pause time for some bit of your life, what moment would you choose?
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The moment of sunrise on almost any given morning. There is a brief instance in that transition from darkness to light that is full of beauty, hope and optimism. It’s my favorite time of the day.
My desire to stop time is the strongest when I’m anxious or when it looks like something embarrassing is about to happen. I often pause or even turn off movies in these situations.
The moments I’d like to last for a long time are those in which I feel content. I may have mentioned this before, but I have a full-grown golden retriever who is nevertheless a lap dog. When I’m sitting in our armchair at night petting her while she is laying on me with both ends spilling over, I feel love and contentment. Those moments seem so perfect that I’d like them to last, for time to pause before something can ruin it.
If you could pause time for some bit of your life, what moment would you choose?…
A select few moments of intimate delight – from being in bed, to setting on the couch and talking, to sharing a walk ……. At each moment, I never fully understood how special it was to have someone there, with me. Now, I am old and alone; and will probably die, never knowing such a moment ever again…
That seems to be the way my life is going … ah, well! “Life is life.”
Blessings!
Dwayne
The moment when I was able to tell my wife of nearly 28 years that I loved her and she was still able to hear my words before she died.