Moments

Like shooting stars
How brief we are
I wish this moment could last forever...
- Decyfer Down, Forever with You

Ever get those perfect moments?
You know, the ones where you just look around you and everythings pure awesomeness?
In those moments you forget all your problems. You forget the assignments you have due in. You forget your family issues. You forget the fact that you're terrified of next year. You forget the fact that we live in a world where pain is more common than it should be, a world where everything is upside down and imperfect.
All that is left behind, and you're left only thinking of how amazing life is.
It may seem selfish, to have that moment. It's not really fair, when there are so many people sunk in the pits of depression, living life with a raincloud over their heads. It's not really fair when half the world's population is struggling to meet the basic needs.
It's not really fair, but it is a truly glorious moment.
And in that moment you wish it could last forever. You look around, and it is all perfect. The sun is shining. The beach is golden. The water is warm (well, warm-ish). Your friends are all around you, and we're all laughing. You feel safe. Secure. Happy. For once, you are totally content with life as it is in that moment.
The problem is, those moments don't last forever. Sooner or later, you come back to earth. Reality hits, and it's never very softly either. You realize the world isn't perfect. That humans are flawed. That there's another cloud which covers up the sun.



And yet...




Those moments remind you of something which you have forgotten - like a song whose words have long been lost. You realize that yes those moments don't last forever - but they do still happen. And it makes you think that their are still times when life bursts out of the drab shell we so often put it in. That nothing can hold you down forever. Not even reality. Not even gravity. That one day you will finally embrace the freedom that you have caught a tantalizing whift of. That life is still glorious, despite the messes. That humans are still worth being around, even though sometimes all we do is fight and destroy each other. That it dosn't have to be the way it is.


And...



In that moment you realize this: that despite it's imperfections, it's still a beautiful world.



I had one of those moments today.

Jordan