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| My Stumbled-Upon Moment in Bosnia |
It’s an odd
choice, granted. But the Ephemeral, that
moment which is both fleeting and everlasting, is magical.
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I was struck
by this yesterday as we drove to Ashbury Park in New Jersey. Ed was driving with the top down and Randy
was in the front seat. There is no good
way to carry on a conversation in such a position, so I was in the back, zoning
out. Which I do excellently, by the
by. Really, I could give classes in
letting the mind wander in a wondrous, if entirely non-productive fashion. But I digress.
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So, I was
sitting in the back seat, and on a slow part of the road, I was looking
up. And, as we were going down the road,
the trees above and these trees is a beautiful green canopy. The moment has these very cool trees with
brand new leaves with the sum streaming through this place. It was very cool. It sounds simple, but I grew up where trees
don’t lose their leafs. We have
essentially a lot of Jacarandas, Palms, Eucalyptus and other trees that don’t
really lose their leafs. So the new
leafs are very cool looking with the sun shining through and it was new to me.
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| One of Shelly's Moments from Greece |
And, I
thought, it is moments like this – unexpected and fleeting – that make life
really special. I think that is why we
travel. And I mean “we” in the
collective humanity version of that. My
mom and Nick ride their motorcycle throughout the west and are awed by random
moments of nature’s grandeur. My friend
Shelly just went to Greece and the simplest things struck her as
mesmerizing. Even a walk in Central Park
is an occasion to experience the moment of life in a dog burrowing in the
ground, or the sound of a fountain in the middle of the city.
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So The
Ephemeral is the mascot This Month. Go
out and grab it.
