Today I had the pleasure of spending some quality time with my family. We went to a local festival where we enjoyed good music, food, and weather. And though I’m not big on crowds, I must admit that I had a very good time.
Now, the thing that struck me as odd about today was that fact that I took the picture above. Not that taking a picture in and of itself is odd, but rather that it’s interesting that I thought of taking the picture at all.
Normally, I have a habit of enjoying life and doing my best to live in the moment, which usually means that I am so busy enjoying life that I don’t think about collecting any snapshots of it that I can save for perusal later. Something that surprises me, especially given the fact that the advent and availability of smartphones means that a camera is often no more than an arm’s length away at any given time, no film required.
So, today was a reminder to me to make it a point to stop and log some visual documentation of this beautiful life that I am blessed to live. After all, life is short, human memories are finite, and the ability to take random, unexpected trips down memory lane is priceless. And if a picture really is worth a thousand words, I wonder how many words have been left unsaid. #sanguinemango
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