Today, I was listening to a wonderful talk on Ted.com. The talk was given by Sarah Kay and the title given on the website was "Sarah Kay: If I should have a daughter." In the end of her talk she made reference to this moment. I cannot recall the actual quote but she spoke about meeting you in this one moment and she mixed into that this idea of the impossible and your own uniqueness. Please check out her presentation for the fullness of its power and see for yourself how it led me to this, my own moment and quote.
Coincidentally or providentially, prior to listening to this Ted talk I was just finishing up a reading on the Upper Room. In this devotional the author, Roger C. Palms spoke about "Living in the Moment." Mr. Palms used as a devotional the concept of living in the moment from the vantage of watching an aging father and a growing child. The author described how an aging Father with dementia and a growing infant came together to share a moment. It was a priceless moment that we can just picture with our eyes. A child with his grandfather sharing ice cream and lucid memories of days gone by. It was a priceless moment; it was a moment that only existed once!
Coincidentally or providentially, prior to listening to this Ted talk I was just finishing up a reading on the Upper Room. In this devotional the author, Roger C. Palms spoke about "Living in the Moment." Mr. Palms used as a devotional the concept of living in the moment from the vantage of watching an aging father and a growing child. The author described how an aging Father with dementia and a growing infant came together to share a moment. It was a priceless moment that we can just picture with our eyes. A child with his grandfather sharing ice cream and lucid memories of days gone by. It was a priceless moment; it was a moment that only existed once!
From these two sources I'd like to share these thoughts:
We only have this one moment - once!
We will only have this one time where we are this age, with these thoughts, with these expectations, with this opportunity, with this set of skills and abilities, surrounded by these people or surrounded by no one at all. Whatever our current circumstance, wishes, dreams or abilities the moment we are in only comes by this one time and then it is gone. Once! This moment, right now, is that moment. In another space a new moment will come complete with new context, new ideas, new regrets or successes. Which leads me to my second and bigger thought.
In this moment - do the impossible!
In this moment, do the impossible! Yes, you are right that sounds huge! It is! It should be! It must be! We must strive to do the impossible with every moment that we have. Why? Because we only have this moment once. When else should we begin reaching for that impossible dream? What other time is right for searching for the cure to cancer, AIDS, despair, ALS, Alzheimer, war and destruction, or widespread neglect and poverty? What other time or moment is right for you to launch out into the deep end of your wonderful dreams to grab hold of the potential that you have and make it your slave to transform potential into reality? When should you start down the path of making your future destiny, your current reality, and your current reality a footnote of other past accolades and acclaim? If not in this moment, when? The impossible for each of us sits out there waiting to be transformed into the possible. Dance, poetry, science, archeology, mathematics, physics, and engineering feats all cry out in this moment to intertwine with you in such a way that their impossibility meets the one who will make it possible. The one who will make the most of this moment!
In this moment, right now with your set of dreams, and your set of circumstances do the impossible. Be the impossible! Dare the impossible. Is it a huge task. Yes! Yet, it is one that we must strive and seek to do each time we have this one moment.
We only have this one moment - once!
We will only have this one time where we are this age, with these thoughts, with these expectations, with this opportunity, with this set of skills and abilities, surrounded by these people or surrounded by no one at all. Whatever our current circumstance, wishes, dreams or abilities the moment we are in only comes by this one time and then it is gone. Once! This moment, right now, is that moment. In another space a new moment will come complete with new context, new ideas, new regrets or successes. Which leads me to my second and bigger thought.
In this moment - do the impossible!
In this moment, do the impossible! Yes, you are right that sounds huge! It is! It should be! It must be! We must strive to do the impossible with every moment that we have. Why? Because we only have this moment once. When else should we begin reaching for that impossible dream? What other time is right for searching for the cure to cancer, AIDS, despair, ALS, Alzheimer, war and destruction, or widespread neglect and poverty? What other time or moment is right for you to launch out into the deep end of your wonderful dreams to grab hold of the potential that you have and make it your slave to transform potential into reality? When should you start down the path of making your future destiny, your current reality, and your current reality a footnote of other past accolades and acclaim? If not in this moment, when? The impossible for each of us sits out there waiting to be transformed into the possible. Dance, poetry, science, archeology, mathematics, physics, and engineering feats all cry out in this moment to intertwine with you in such a way that their impossibility meets the one who will make it possible. The one who will make the most of this moment!
In this moment, right now with your set of dreams, and your set of circumstances do the impossible. Be the impossible! Dare the impossible. Is it a huge task. Yes! Yet, it is one that we must strive and seek to do each time we have this one moment.
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