The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines the word moment as a minute portion or point of time. According to this definition, each one of the 7 and a half billion people inhabiting this planet have hundreds and thousands and millions of moments that compose the entirety of their lives. Desperate moments, joyous moments, heartbroken moments, terrifying moments, ridiculous moments. All these emotions, all these moments, that make us who we are. And for some peculiar reason, certain moments in our lives stand apart from the rest in ways both unexplainable and unimaginable.
Often, these moments are not the massive milestones where we are surrounded by people who revel in our success, but the more intimate moments, labeled as insignificant when …show more content…
The occasional glances were enough. Oh, how they were enough. The feeling in the pit of my stomach each time a glance was casually tossed my way was indescribable; i’ve always underestimated a best friend.
It is said that eyes are the window to one’s soul, and in that moment, I surely felt this to be true. Green, they were, the color of a majestic sea in the midst of a magnificent storm. And with those lovely portals, he discovered the ability to make me feel something; a feeling of absolute certainty that this is my life. It wasn’t picture-perfect, it wasn’t even close, but it was mine. And I suppose this is the beauty of life; the ability of imperfect moments to make us feel something extraordinary.
Now go back a couple months. Me, the same person, but consumed with insignificant things, insignificant people. I remember first coming into highschool, feeling like I had to fit in with these people that were so unlike me; not saying how I actually felt in fear of not being liked. I remember learning to juggle school and friendships and dance classes and trying to please all those people, forgetting about myself entirely. And I remember my first relationship, worrying about if what I was doing was right or wrong but never simply trying to make myself
Often, these moments are not the massive milestones where we are surrounded by people who revel in our success, but the more intimate moments, labeled as insignificant when …show more content…
The occasional glances were enough. Oh, how they were enough. The feeling in the pit of my stomach each time a glance was casually tossed my way was indescribable; i’ve always underestimated a best friend.
It is said that eyes are the window to one’s soul, and in that moment, I surely felt this to be true. Green, they were, the color of a majestic sea in the midst of a magnificent storm. And with those lovely portals, he discovered the ability to make me feel something; a feeling of absolute certainty that this is my life. It wasn’t picture-perfect, it wasn’t even close, but it was mine. And I suppose this is the beauty of life; the ability of imperfect moments to make us feel something extraordinary.
Now go back a couple months. Me, the same person, but consumed with insignificant things, insignificant people. I remember first coming into highschool, feeling like I had to fit in with these people that were so unlike me; not saying how I actually felt in fear of not being liked. I remember learning to juggle school and friendships and dance classes and trying to please all those people, forgetting about myself entirely. And I remember my first relationship, worrying about if what I was doing was right or wrong but never simply trying to make myself