At 7:29 PM EDT today my winter quarter nightmare of grad school papers and finals officially ended. It is now... 11:06 PM EDT. In other words, it only took me three hours and thirty seven minutes before starting my next project. (You're reading it). That's just not right... right?
I suppose I should embrace the moment. I don't really do that too often these days. All in all, that's why I thought about creating this blog in the first place - as a personal commitment to documenting the little pieces of my life that I otherwise tend to pass over too quickly. I promised myself when I was younger that I'd never become one of those adults who misses the magic in between the big moments. Yeah, easier said than done.
I'm a sucker for children's books and movies, mostly because they tend to provide adult insight. I have some important people to thank for introducing me to that little life secret... they will likely show up in this blog sooner rather than later. Anyway, I woke up this morning (after two weeks of work plus papers, minus sleep) for some reason thinking about the movie Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium. (I know, but remember my secret? Just hear me out.)
There is a particular scene in which Mr. Magorium and a good friend are playing in a clock shop. The two decide to reset all of the cuckoo clocks so that they go off at the same time. Waiting just moments before the shop bursts into cuckoo craziness, the following verbal exchange occurs:
Mr. Magorium: 37 seconds.
Mahoney: Great. Well done. Now, we wait.
Mr. Magorium: No... We breathe. We pulse. We regenerate. Our hearts beat. Our minds create. Our souls ingest. 37 seconds, well used, is a lifetime.
And there it is. 37 seconds, well used, is a lifetime. Talk about perspective.
It seems to me that we get so wrapped up in life sometimes that we forget to live. I, for one, need to pay better attention. Perhaps this blog will help wake me up. I mean, I'd like to re-commit to living. Living would be nice...
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