When I interviewed Cameron Crowe late last year, he told me that "life is in the in-between moments."
He was talking about the moments, as depicted in many of his films, where characters will simply look at one another without saying anything. Where there are no distractions, nothing to get in the way of simple human existence. The in-between moments are the moments where nothing seems to happen.
Modern life has become a constant, unending stream of information and activity. PDAs, cell phones, laptops, text messages, GPS, MP3 players, wifi, RSS news aggregators... Industry has perfected the art of finding ever-quickening means of gathering new information. Do we ever slow down enough to absorb any of it?
Life blurs past us because we take on too many responsibilities or try to be too many things to too many different people, and each day must be filled with more activities than the last. That's not living. That's running.
When was the last time you sat with a friend or family member in pure silence, and just absorbed their presence? When was the last time an embrace substituted for an entire conversation? When was the last time you ate a meal and took the time to savor it? When was the last time you sat still long enough to hear God's voice?
Don't miss those in-between moments. Seek them out. Life will find you there.
- Robin Parrish
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