April 24, 2013

• Ephemeral

  Lets make this fleeting moment last forever 

  "Maybe I am the fool, and I don't see what is right in front of my eyes.  This moment we have.  When will we have this care and love for one another again.  Maybe, we should just live in the moment."

  I have learned something very valuable in my latest season of life. I have learned to enjoy the moment and still hope and work towards the future.   Things happen to us all the time.  Some things are terrible and some things seem to linger and follow us even though we think we have moved on.  I have learned to tell myself "its okay" and "what now."  

  For instance,  my car got stolen on Sunday in Emeryville.   Not the best way to start my birthday week.   I was really bummed, but I didn't let it ruin my day.  I stayed in the area just in case they found the car the same day and I could pick it up.   I spent the day with two dear friends, went hiking, got some dim sum,  hung out with more friends,  and had some friends from San Jose come to pick me up.   I calculated the costs on the car,  rebudget my bday plans and spending habits,  cancelled fast trak in my car and I count it as loss.   

  The movie What A Wonderful Life is one of my fave movies.   In the movie, this man loses a lot of money and wants to kill himself but an angel comes and shows him what the city would have been like without his presence.   His impact and relationship with all those in the city made bounds and leaps in everyone's lives.   At the end of the movie, the city of people come and give him money because they love him and they heard the bad news.   I feel like I live my life in a very similar fashion.  I received this gift from my father who always loves others and pours himself out to other people.   

  I am so blessed and have so many amazing people in my life; some I impact and others that impact me.   I love where I am and I am not going to try to be somewhere where I am not and cry over the things that have already occurred.  On Quora, they asked Elon Musk what as the one thing he did that made him get where he was today.  If you don't know Elon Musk, you need to google him.   He said something along the lines that it was never a single moment.  It was a daily progress.  Every choice compounding on a previous choice.   Almost a series of good choices and discipline that got him to where he is today.

  I think we as people are lazy.  Our laziness helps us innovate and build faster cars and better means of transportation, but also our laziness makes us believe that if we sit on a couch with something sending electricity into our abs we can get a six pack.   There is never one break through moment and I love this.  And so, I am taking one day at a time.  Treasuring each breath and enjoying the company of the beautiful people in my life at this moment.   

  Wishing you guys the best as well.  Here is a peek at some of the shenanigans I had on my bday! There are a couple more events to come.
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