Daily Cascade

Reflecting on "Moments"

Prompt: :
"Every moment in your life tells a story."
Write about this in your Blog entry today.

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Come to think of it, my life equals all moments added together. It is, therefore, fitting to assume that each moment tells a story, even if it is just a tiny addition to the whole. As such, those moments have covered a wide range of experiences from the significant milestones to tiny instances that have shaped my perspective and influenced my path.

Surely, there are moments of choice. While many are private, others include events like the births of my sons, graduations, experiencing significant career changes, getting married, etc.

Then, there are the moments when I experienced profound emotion, like overcoming challenges, falling in love, dealing with family, and experiencing loss, in fact many losses. Even a major move from house to house always has left a bittersweet feeling in me. So, after my husband passed away about five and a half years ago, I decided not to move from the last house we occupied together for more than 35 years. I guess I could move to a smaller more manageable place, but the move would cause great emotional upset and inconvenience. So, I did what a good positive psychologist would advise: "control the controllables."

Naturally, other not-so-earth-shaking moments also exist, such as moments of appreciation of nature and what I have, moments of contentment for having mastered or learned something, moments of connection to others, and even those moments of wonder at the golfers who try driving a tiny ball into a tiny hole on the golf course behind my house, under the hot Florida sun.

Moments, I believe, big or small, evoke emotions in me and others, offer insights, build memories, and shape or shake our identities. From that point of view, they are, undoubtably, the building blocks of our experiences and our lives. .