Today's thoughts are a continuation of yesterday's - about living in the present moment. Life is really a series of present moments. And while no moment will ever come back once it's gone, we can certainly preserve that moment, with pictures and videos, and even in the olden days people tried to preserve moments through paintings and carvings or whatever means they had available.
I never really thought about this much but after re-reading one of Dr. Tae Yun Kim's books, "The First Elements," it clicked. Let me share the quote with you:
" During a recent natural disaster, sometimes people had only a few minutes notice to get out of their home. What do you think was one of the most common items people made sure to escape with? Not the silver, not the jewelry, but photos! Memories - irreplaceable pictures of moments of joy, moments of love, of victory, togetherness and so on. How incredible that those intangible memories of moments were so highly prized. Those people recognized that their joy could last forever, but that ordinary material possessions could go up in smoke or swept away in floods or buried in earthquakes in a few seconds time."
(The First Element page 32)
Also, moments that we think we'll always remember, can and will fade away, but with the help of pictures we'll be able to remember much more than what you see in the picture! Ever looked through an old photo album and started to giggle, "oh I remember when aunt so and so got married...and we did.....?
Of course, nowadays the majority of pictures live in the mysterious cloud, just remember to print your most important moments and have something tangible just in case the unspeakable were to ever happen.
Happy picture taking and remembering!
1 comment:
Nice! Thx
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