A Moment in Time

 

How do we define a moment in time.  Is it a minute, a day, or a year?

Well, for now, my moment is right this second. I am sitting on my blue couch in the den with my cat, Gracie, curled up between my leg and the arm of the couch. There is music playing on Pandora through Alexa. The ceiling fan is slowly paddling the cool air between my toes.  

If I turn to my right, there are Christmas lights entwined on the banister leading upstairs to the second floor and lights on the Christmas tree in the living room downstairs.

This is my peaceful moment, completely relaxed after almost one week of vacation. 

I recharge by doing what I want to do, whether it is cleaning out the file cabinet and scanning all the documents and then shred them and toss them in the trash. My goal is to get rid of the file cabinet.  Eventually, I will clean out most of the garage so that I can pull my car in at night. 

I recharge by eating well.  Now that I am doing all of the cooking for myself, I choose what I want. When I shop and get to the checkout counter, I am proud of all of the fresh fruit and vegetables that are gathered there as a testament to what I will be eating later in the day and week.

I recharge by binging on Netflix -- The Crown, Ozark, Schitt's Creek, Outlander, Anne of Green Gables. 

I recharge by visiting with my neighbors and share comforting conversations and glasses of wine. We laugh.  We reminisce.  We celebrate our health and good times.

I recharge by Zooming with my daughter or my friends and family. We can raise a glass together as if there were no pandemic.

I recharge by revisiting my photography and realizing how much I miss the process of finding the perfect subject to shoot while fretting that I will not find it. Then coming home to upload my images and sort through them to choose the one or two that I decide to post. Then I move on to write a blog post on my Project 365 site and sharing it on social media.

And these are my moments.  As my therapist has told me, if I only feel like doing one thing in a day, that is enough.

I do believe that I am finding my moment in time no matter how long or short it may be.