Moments

 

Moments. So many moments in our lives.

We greet our new pet, who becomes our lifelong companion

We hold them as we say goodbye

Sometimes we do the same with friends and lovers.

We watch a butterfly on a summer afternoon.

Someone abuses us when we know it should not happen.

We taste a new food for the first time, sometimes good, sometimes bad.

We watch the rain on a lazy afternoon with a cup of something in our hands.

We experience pain so harsh we think we may die, or we wish we could.

All moments. Those moments become a part of us, a part of who we are.  

Those moments, they really do define us. Let me tell you something though, we get to choose something. We get to choose what we do with those moments. It’s the greatest gift we have, the choice on what we make of those moments.

Life is an easier path for some it’s true. Sometimes I wish mine was. But I know I still have a choice. I can choose to be who I have become. I have some regrets in my life, I’m sure we all do. But I still think at the end of it all. I can look back on my life and say that overall, I took all of those moments and I did the best I could with them.

I am me.