This image was taken last night as the sun was setting. The kids were jumping off the porch into the grass as the celebration of a beautiful day and cap to their weekend.
Their repeated attempts confused me until I finally freed myself from my "Why are you doing that?" mindset and grasped that they were PURSUING & CAPTURING a fleeting moment.
In life, all we really have are moments that tick by at 60 per minute. We also have a choice between capturing them or letting them slip by.
As adults we balance the moment of weightlessness, with a proven knowledge of the effects of gravity.
As people, we were not meant to be chained to the earth, there is something within each of us that so deeply longs for liberation.
While some will never be free because they see the effort of jumping as futile, or even wrong, there is an army of people who know that satisfaction for this longing comes contained in very small bits of the present...
