Awaiting the moment

We are all waiting for that magical moment that will define our  lives differently .  That one thing that changes everything.  That experience  that makes us go "waoh! What have i been waiting for? " that time that makes every thing freeze in motion while we put our thoughts together and decipher what just happened to us. 

But we wait for too long.  Because moments happen all the time.

 Moments are what we make of it, a minute could mean a different thing to different people.  For someone getting late to catch a flight, it means so much, for an 8 months pregnant woman who is at risk of having a premature baby, a moment could mean 1 month extra.  For that drunk who just hit a child by the road side with a speeding vehicle a moment is too much. For a wife that was quick to shut the husband out, while he rushes out in a anger only to meet his untimely death, a moment too much or too little is all about what we make of it.

The moment is the time we spend molding our dreams, shaping our visions, building ourselves.  It is the time spent with family in making them into children with reputable character.  Forming their goals and making them grow into fine adults. It is the love we share with orphans, broken divorcees and battered wives. Moments are what we see in ourselves and appreciate in others, as we speak with them kindly, making our words heal and not harm them, helping those who are hurt to be bound.  Moments are what we make of our every minute, making it count in our words, the way we make others around us feel,  how we treat our subordinate or cherish the elderly around us. Moment is how we end our day.  Be it with refreshing thoughts or peaceful act.  It is the way we make people feel around  us.

While some of us, wait to be pushed to say i love you. Some wait for our spouse to pass on before we can bring ourselves to apologize for our wrong doing.  Moments may never favor us. Now we have a chance to define our own moment, make every time worth our while, choose to use every opportunity wisely. Now is the moment we have all been waiting for.  To say yes to that proposal, to quit that job that takes away our identity, to start that savings, visit your family, call up your friends,  apologize to your kids and make a fresh start. We have moments everyday,  but we don't use it every time. We get given a chance always, but may never have a chance to use it.
 

The moment we learn to cherish every moment we have,  will be the defining moment for us.  Go use your every moment.

by- Adaeze C Nwankwo