Someone once remarked, "Wherever you are, be all there."
After spending a week traversing two countries and five states, I couldn't agree more. It seems that when I travel, I tend to focus on how I can preserve as much of it as possible, rather than on how I can savour as much as possible.
John Mayer said in a song...
"Didn't have a camera by my side this time,
Hoping I could see the world with both my eyes."
Las Vegas was a prime example... You simply can't capture all that is Las Vegas in a picture, or even 50. It's an experience that you just have to be a part of in the moment.
Even Phoenix... How can you properly remember the smell outside in the morning? There isn't really a way... All you can do it savour it while you are there - not worrying about how long you will be able to enjoy it FOR, but simply being in the present and enjoying it in the moment.
I find that much of life is lived waiting for the magical moments or being in them, but knowing they are short and thus attempting to enjoy them as much as possible.
Why do we not simply live?
1 comment:
I think that we're scared that we will forget...and that's why we do whatever we can to capture the good times we have. we forget that we don't NEED proof that we were there, we just need to live the moment...
aleks
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