I’ve been thinking about moments lately; thinking about the things I remember best–being down by the water with a loved one and feeling that tingle of a shiver, missing the turn on the way to a new location and realizing at once the promise of that future place. I can paint my entire life in moments. Some of these moments bring me pride, some pain, and all of these moments are how I register memory. I believe that one of the most important things in life are to create moments. As I slip deeper into the tech stream I’ve recognized that I often spend these potential moments recording them as moments vs. living them. Alongside that comes the realization that I sometimes speed through moments in search of what is going to be great next. I see that tendency in my kids as well, and that is unacceptable.
This all came to a head in my mind recently when I was thinking about today’s Wrestlemania event and how my kids are so excited about putting on costumes and parading into the house to watch the event and to have a moment to remember as part of their childhood. Today isn’t about pictures, its about memories and having a moment with my kids that we can remember forever.
Some Thoughts:
- CNN’s preference for symphorophilia is problematic. They spend so much time focusing on plane crashes that they neglect all of the other stories that are out there in the world and important.
- D.C. and Sierra Leone were both founded in 1788. Count this as another interesting historical coincidence given that one was founded as a seat of national government and the second was built as a location for freed slaves. Both wound up being extremely important in terms of our understanding and the international conversation about slavery. At the same time, both were immediately mired in corruption and strayed from the original purpose of the founding.