A couple of years ago, I was walking up and down the Imperial Beach Pier (near where I live), and I was on my phone. I suddenly felt the urge to look up, and I noticed how the moon looked beautiful and huge, right above a building.
Just a step or two later, the moon was gone, hidden by the tall building. I stopped and walked backwards to reveal the moon again. Then I walked forward again to hide it.
I was struck by how this "exercise" could be a metaphor for how we go about life and what we catch. When we go quickly and are distracted, we may miss beautiful things. When we pause and slow down, we have the chance to see what may be otherwise easily passed over.
Then again, we are always catching something when we are missing something else and vice versa. Rather than feeling disappointed about missing what we were too distracted to see, let us be grateful about what we do catch, regardless of how we move, from one moment to the next.
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Maylén, my little one , has made me proud of herself ever since she uttered her first words all the way down to today and for the years to come.
Martha L. Rosa.
Sober , yet insightful indeed , just the way ancient eastern sages prompt us to slow down and step back to grasp and internalize the wisdom entailed in the seemingly humdrum . My little girl hasn’t ever stopped rekindling my sense of wonder..... Julio Rafuls.
How very insightful. I appreciate your writing.