Be there

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Does it ever happen to you? Do you ever catch yourself? Do you ever suddenly become aware that you are standing, breathing, absorbing, loving, and living in a moment that will be imprinted on your memory forever?

Sometimes it's just the way the blinding reflection of the sun on the river warms your cold winter cheeks.

Or the way the bread and the butter and the honey melt.  Together.

Or the way the mud gathers water under the weight of your boot, and breeze carries a scent that is green and hopeful.

Or maybe it's the way the morning sky appears early, blending and arranging colors unseen by you before.

It's not always the big stuff. It is the sum total of how you feel as you drive away, the way the clock ticks as you think deep, the swirling of the cream in your coffee as you stir, the sound of your voice when you say something new... and you ask yourself "How can I remember it all?" and you ask yourself, "How could I ever forget this?" All of it. It all adds up to a life lived fully awake.

Be there. 

7 black & whites {+ me} for Sunday

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Happy day to you. Here's hoping we can spend another hour or two under the goosey down!