Moments

I love Monet paintings. One of my goals in life is to go to Paris just to go to La Louvre. In the book I'm reading "Chasing Daylight" by Erwin McManus, he talks about how Monet realizes what a moment is

"I think we need to spend a day with Monet. He had a clear sense of what was hidden in a moment. Most of us think of a moment as something that's stationary,stagnant, and unchanging. We want to capture the moment and stand in the moment. If there's a moment you want to preserve or remember, you take a snapshot.
The genius of Monet is that he saw the moment for what it really was. It was as if he actually read the dictionary and realized that the essence of the words moment and motion are the same. Monet was a master of light and movement. His paintings were blurred and obscure and yet beautiful and full of insight. If we could somehow see life as it really is. Our ability to see the world as it really is has been corrupted by the camera. With a turn of the lens or a push of a button we are able to take the blur out. We've come to see the world through still frames, whenin reality life is in constant motion."

"When a moment is missed, you have a glimse at an opportunity lost. When you dream, you look to a moment still to come. the moment that you must seize right now is the one in front of you."

How many of us live in the past....things we should have done, should have said. I know I do it alot. Our focus needs to be on the present and future You can't change your past. You can learn from it so hopefully you don't continue to make the same mistakes and live in regret. You can change your future.