I have always been a reflective person, examining my life, my faith, my practice.

And recently I have authored ten affirmations about my life and who I am and intend to be. I'll not share them, but I have also been considering how important it is to live in the now. The past is comforting or could be bent to be better ( and I have so much past). I am so practiced at living in the future and imagining something different. But I can't actually live in the past or the future. I really only have now.

It may be why I am attracted to the camera and the immediate moment. True, I can look at that image years later and remember that moment. But a photo freezes that instant, that slice of now, and can be interpreted, analyzed, even shared. It may make now last longer.

Something more to think about.