A Moment

This has been one really great day.

That sentence kind of makes me gag, because the cheerfulness is ridiculous, but at the same time I just cannot care. I am so happy right now, and if you’d have asked me even a month ago if I’d be this happy while simultaneously being almost clueless as to the direction of my life, I’d have laughed. I would have seriously doubted that someone could get so good at living in the moment in the space of three weeks, and yet I have. I am.

Sure, I still worry plenty and I’m still thinking and planning and wondering and hoping, but my gosh if I did any of that today it was also completely overpowered by how good today was, all on its own.

Part of that was that today I got to have my very first “photo shoot” with people who aren’t actually my family. Meaning, if I screw up they do not have to love me anyway. To me, that feels pretty risky. I cannot guilt them into giving me more chances– I have to do it right the first time.

Well, thankfully, the first time went pretty well. For starters, I picked nice, pretty people (and their dog) for this venture. That helps.

Second, it was a beautiful Colorado Day. If every winter day could be like this, I wouldn’t wish so hard for flip flops and shorts for the next five months.

And third, I was excited.  Getting out of bed this morning to do this kind of “work” was SO great. No, my Grand Plan of the Future is not to become a professional photographer. But it sure doesn’t hurt to look forward with something like this to keep you busy in the meantime. When you think about it, it’s a pretty amazing thing when people invite you into their little moments of time, to capture, to share, and to live in that moment with them.

It reminds you to live in that moment, too, and to be grateful for it.