The Indelible Moments of Our Lives

Indelible - in·del·i·ble
1. Impossible to remove, erase, or wash away; permanent
2. Making a mark not easily erased or washed away
3. Unable to be forgotten; memorable

I read this word in a book once and it was, in and of itself, an indelible moment. Today has not been one of those days. Today has been one of those easily forgotten days that pass by like the many grains of sand that are the days that fill our lives. It has been one of those slow, monotonous, uneventful days, that leads to inflection of one's self, where nothing of any significance happens, nor can any significance be made of it, at least in one's own mind.

But that's why I wanted to write an entry in spite of this day that seems insignificant.

Not every day is indelible. The majority of our lives are made up of the days that pass by unnoticed and unmemorable. But the difference between a Lifestyler and a non-Lifestyler are these days. Or I should really say is how we view these days. A Lifestyler views these days as part of the show that is are daily lives. A non-Lifestyler views these days like the movie, Click, where they would like to just push a button and fast forward through it to the next big moment.

A great writer once wrote (Cameron Crowe, and the sentiment has probably been played upon by many a writer) that one can not have the sweet without the bitter. This is exactly what these insignificant days are for. They set up the days that will be sweet. The days that will have meaning and significance. The indelible moments of our lives. Without monotony, there is no change, because everything becomes monotonous. It's like a heroin addict always chasing that first high, because it can never be the same as that first time.

If you want to be a Lifestyler, don't look at these slow days as a burden, look at them as a gift. A gift of time that gives us a chance to make other moments shine out in a life that can at times seem rather dull. If you embrace the boring days, the monotonous moments, the insignificant ticks of the clock, the indelible moments will shine so much brighter and the memories so much fuller for it.

Live each moment in the moment, Lifestylers. In the end, the more indelible memories we make, the fuller our lives will not only feel, but will be.

Live life indelibly.

(Homework: Find a word that is indelible, in and of itself. One that has meaning to you and internalize it. There is no feeling that can not be explained. According to the American Heritage Dictionary, if you count the words in the plays and sonnets of Shakespeare, there are 884,647 words, made up of 29,066 distinct forms, including proper names). Or try the word of the day here: http://dictionary.reference.com/ You might just find the word that describes how you're feeling right now.)