Last night, we watched  a great movie, even from a dog’s perspective.  It was called “Shadows In The Sun”  From IMBd.com is written, “An aspiring young writer (Jackson) tracks a literary titan (Keitel) suffering from writers block to his refuge in rural Italy and learns about life and love from the irascible genius and his daughters.”   This leads me to Day 8 of Ten Days of Listening to Your  Pet’s Wisdom and Advice.  Along with yesterday’s advice to live in the moment, today’s advice is similar,  SEIZE the MOMENT!

Many times I have had to open Nancy’s computer in the middle of the night to paw out a blog. Of course, when  an idea for inspiration arises, I need to at least jot it down, to “Seize the Moment!” I recall in the movie that the brilliant writer spoke about how we don’t choose to be an artist, it chooses us.  I thought about that  a long time.  Not sure if I chose to be a blogger, or it chose me?

Sit back and think of all the times that you chose to seize the moment(s). To each of you, it will vary drastically from sunsets to grabbing your pen or instrument when you feel the magical moment.   I think for me, I try to seize each moment for each moment in my life is special.   May I expound on  one of  Nancy’s “seize the moment” examples?   A brilliant composer wrote her the most complex saxophone composition.    While practicing it with the pianist, they arrived at a certain measure that caused her to stop as she bent over in tears.   These were not tears of sadness; they were tears of pure joy as she encountered the sounds he had created.

Finally,  the  orange sun began to rise over the misty horizon.  Even the trees did not move for they too were  in awe of such inexplicable beauty. Never do we grow tired of such moments.   We seize these tranquil moments each day with our overwhelmed hearts.   Seize the moments that are YOUR moments! No one can define them for you, you will know what they are!

Today’s sunrise (August 3, 2024)