Moments...

Recently I have been thinking about moments. In 1983 a movie called, "Yentil" came into our cinemas. Starring Barbra Streisand, the movie was filled with songs featuring the actress. I really liked the music and there was one song that I came to mind recently - "Moment." The lyrics start like this:

"There are moments you remember all your life. There are moments you wait for And dream, of all your life. This is one of those moments!"

I say this becuase I am continually being asked and ask of others, questions like, "How was your day?" The expected answer is either, good, bad, OK, "not too shabby" and anything other that is as committal or non-committal as I wish to be. However, I don't think that I have "good" days or "bad" days. What I have are days that are made up of good or bad or indifferent moments. There are moments when I am filled with hope and joy and notice God's creation around me and marvel at the miraculous nature of life and of which I get to be a part. Then there are moments when I wonder with loud screaming anxiety at how I will get through the rest of the day because hope and great expectation are so far from my current reality. So there are moments in each day that I will remember, perhaps not for all of my life but for a few days to come. Of course there are moments that I will remember all my life; my wedding day (or rather parts of it), graduation, watching a sunset, drinking wine with friends, while watching the sun set, hearing the breeze on the ocean as I sleep - can life really get any better?

I am learning to look for the moments when I am acutely aware of God's presence in my life and in the lives of others and how to cultivate more of those moments.

Today has been a mostly good day; more good moments than not so.

Communication...incarnationally.

This particular post was inspired by the movie, "Sisterhood of the traveling pants 2." Towards the end of the movie the 4 main characters come together and try to help one of the team reconnect with the love of her young life. However, in our world of multiple communication possibilities, the conversation reminded me that the best way to communicate with each other (in my opinion) is the good old fashioned face to face kind.

The four converse as follows:

"What?
I didn't want to worry you....I tried to tell you so that's why I came up to your place but we got into that huge fight...
I emailed everybody...
I emailed you...Don't look at me. It's not my fault if I have a bad server...

"Oh well, thank God for email. You can have an entire relationship and not even look at someone. Emails, guys, really??? That's lame!"

I rest my case...

I really love to have at least phone-to-phone conversation with friends but sometimes it is just not possible. I get that. But it is my preferred mode of communication, short of actually seeing the people with whom I am talking. I think what this comment above does for me is remind me that when I am "conversing" on facebook, sending conversational emails or even texting, I am kidding myself into a false reality of close relationships. I know that I do not wish to have closeness with every human being I meet, but there are times when I feel really lonely and lost and this could be some of the reason why that's the case.

Still considering...