This first day of a new year has me sifting through conflicting emotions.
People I cherish are celebrating the birth of a long awaited baby. Oh, what joy in a dream realized. And yet others are coping with the untimely death of a sister and friend – the first in their circle to pass into eternity. It feels like it’s too soon to let go of her, as everyone else believes they have decades still to live.
Same day – two diametrically opposite sets of emotions.
As this day unfolds for me, I’m going through the collections my mother has amassed over her 84 years. It’s a small apartment, but it’s full. I’m trying to help her decide what is necessary for the next chapter in her life, and what she can let go of – either to someone else (not me) or into a garbage. She’s sorting through physical artifacts that mirror the emotions of the other people I referenced above. Good memories, sad ones, joyful experiences and tragic happenings. It’s all here in her stuff.
We are all the same – we will all experience the scale of events from joy to tears.
What do we do with it all?
The value of a moment.
Do we know the value of each happening at the moment it occurs? Not always. Just as Dr. Seuss says, “Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.”
Even the bad moments can create valuable memories.
Maybe that needs to be our goal as we go through the days… creating value in the moments, regardless of the emotions – good or bad…
Maybe?
What do you think?
How will you mine the value of a moment – this year?
Kindness is a good way to mine even the bad moments. Here are 25 ideas on how to be kind for no reason…
Ephesians 4:31-32
Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.
This gave me the chills. My word of the year is LIVE. Consciously be in the present moment. Take deeper breaths. Listen in the Stillness. Calm.
That’s a beautiful way of expressing what I was trying to say – “consciously be in the present moment”. Thank you, Jyll!
We are all collectors of moments. And, assuming we don’t succumb to the scourge of Alzheimer’s, we savor them as we age.
Savoring. Oh, yes! Thanks for stopping in, Roy!
Beautifully written and true. Everything has a silver lining.
Thanks, Kandas!
I think it’s so important to pause and value the moments, just as you’ve said! And it’s SO true that even the bad moments can be valuable one way or another.
Oh wow, I’m living this at this very moment. Mixed emotions that contribute as memory makers. Memories that are valuable indeed!