Perfect Moment
Feb 18th, 2008 by brianschettler
Sometimes you read something that makes you realize how short life is and how important it is to be chasing the good things. I enjoy From Where I Sit, a blog by the CEO of Nelson Publishing, Michael Hyatt. I enjoy it because it offers a very real, Christian perspective on the world. Today, Michael Hyatt posted about a “perfect moment” he had with his daughter and her husband. These moments come few and far between, and he mentions a book he recently read, Chasing Daylight, a book about a man who learned that he had a brain tumor and only had three months to live. Now he needs as many perfect moments as he can get…but the question is…shouldn’t we be chasing those perfect moments anyways?
According to O’Kelly, a perfect moment is an experience with others when time stands still. It is a time full of the present, when the past is left behind and the future is set aside. It is a special time of focused attention and heightened awareness. Interruptions and distractions are consciously excluded. Cell phones are off. Hearts are wide open. All that matters is this moment—the people I am with and the conversation we are having now.