seconds
We think about most things in years.
Sometimes months.
Occasionally days.
But when you stop and think in days
how many you’ve actually been alive
it gets staggering.
Thousands of alarms.
Mornings you didn’t ask for.
Thousands of choices.
And hours you can’t account for.
Years are abstract.
Days are what your body remembers.
But seconds are where things actually happen.
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Everything that ever changed your life
did it in a handful of seconds.
A sentence.
A glance.
A decision you didn’t know
you were making yet.
You don’t live a year at a time.
You don’t even live a day at a time.
You live one second,
stacked on another,
until suddenly you’re somewhere else.
Seconds you can’t get back.
Seconds that saved you.
Seconds you didn’t notice at the time.
Seconds.
Originally published at https://cinnamonunplugged.substack.com.
