Photo Magic

I was going through a bunch of photos, thinking that I might share a few on my other Blog.  I came across a few older pictures of family members we took on different occasions through the years.  They made me smile and though there were a few feelings of longing for those times once again, the whole experience helped me feel grateful that we can’t go back.

It wasn’t that things weren’t pleasant back then.  It was the thought that if we could simply step back into time, we just might.  We would deprive ourselves of precious moments now.  We would exchange this time to relive experiences that we remember fondly.  Those times can be relived briefly already by glancing through photos and remembering what it was like then.

Many times what we fail to remember is if we had the power back then, we would have probably gone back to an even earlier date, thinking that those days were more pleasant and warm to us.  I began to think that I would not want to pass up on the warm and pleasant times that will occasionally come into our lives now, that later we will wish we could return to.

Yes, photos are very powerful and wonderful things.  However, this is our time and this is our experience.  We should make it the kind of experience that we would want to return to.  We should make every moment that precious.  Yes, it was a fun time to hug those little ones, but not so fun to clean up after them.  It was fun to see all those memories exposed in the photos, but nothing can replace the feelings we might miss if we cut ourselves off from the precious times now.

I hope the day is bright and the future is warm and inviting.  If not, let’s take ten minutes or so to wander down memory-lane with a few photos. Then let’s get to work to make better memories for the future.

Until next time, Jene.