Moments
This morning before sunrise, I stood quietly, breathing deeply, and listening to three Mockingbirds exchanging their greeting songs, and I made a conscious effort to capture the passing of moments on my timeline
The morning air was moist and held a rich aroma of freshly-cut grass that was so pungent it was almost tangible. I filled my mind with thoughts of grass, morning fog, and complex combinations of birdsong. The smell of the clean, clear air was entertainment enough to hold me in place.
Subtle changes in the sky glow foretold the arrival of the sun at the horizon.
It was exquisite, and I did not have to travel to other parts of the Earth to find contentment.
The passing minutes gave me a rush of memory and a near tactile grasp on the four minutes that had passed. That was 240 moments, indelibly engraved on my timeline.
When I need those moments, I can always recall them with the help of my notes, photo, and remembering the unique place on my life's timeline.
Will
Such beautiful prose!
Stopping and being present in the moment is a powerful exercise, especially when coupled with opening ones senses to to the world around.
No better place or time for this than in the country when the birds are waking up!
Thank you! Spoken as someone who does that, too.
It is a shame we can't use our senses to their fullest more often than we do.
morning is as morning does. one cannot help but overhear the birds sing songing their way around your backyard. surely it is time for all of us to hear that every day if we can. the smell of earth dampened by the dew is like a dab of ambrosia to our senses
Agreed. That experience is part of our lives that goes unnoticed by most people. One of the best smells in nature is damp earth.
That photo made me take a deep breath and think of the early mornings on my grandmothers smallholding during lucerne season, the little flowers and the smell of rich fresh soil in the air. Turtle doves singing in the nearby orange treas told a tail of a sunrise soon to peak through the leaves of the trees.
Enjoyed that memory, thank you
Thank you, Pete! It is nice to have those things to remember. We all need to remind ourselves to stop and appreciate the moment now and then. After all, we don't know which moment we remember will end up being one of our favorite moments. (Sorry, Pete...I just found this un-closed comment. Better late than never.)
Having lost all my family photos I have had to dig deep into my memories, Amazing how much you can remember when you have to. The mind is amazing
It is. Things you have totally forgotten suddenly pop into your consciousness and even small details are there when seconds before there was nothing at all! Those are great moments, like finding a buried treasure. I just wish I had more access to those forgotten memories.
BTW, can you visit where you were a child? Will that bring back memories? Could you write about how the photos were lost?
Very true. I believe my mind has opened up out of necessity. I can indeed visit my birthplace and yes, why not do a piece on how I lost the photos. It's all surrounding hardship.
Those are the things that make you human, my friend. People who write about technical things - like the blockchain and cryptocurrencies and daily prices and making money - all have their place, but they are very boring, very temporary in appeal and very one-dimensional. Telling about your life is what makes you real and you become more of a friend than just another contact on Steemit.
As you and I were growing up, we had nothing to do with the circumstances we were in, and most likely our parents did not either. It is hard for me to put some things in writing but it does help me analyze them more carefully and better accept them as simply part of my life. If someone else wants to read about it, it flatters me, but I write for myself, even though I haven't figured out exactly why quite yet.
You have not mentioned children. Are there any? None for me, even after years of trying very hard.
I'm much the same there Willy. I'm a good tactician, but do not find much interest in to many technical blockchain writings although I do read them to learn more about the platform.
No children yet, but we'll see over the next two years. Sorry man, I have many friends who would love kids and I don't know if we'll get there, will just have to see.
This is simply entrancing and the way you capture a blissful lifetime suspended in a moment is pure poetry :)
From you, a great compliment, @stuffing. Thank you, artiste extraordinaire!
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Nice Picture willymac ! :D
We would love to invite you to our Discord server.
In here we have more artists for you to connect to and
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