{"id":18310,"date":"2021-07-05T05:36:46","date_gmt":"2021-07-05T12:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/?p=18310"},"modified":"2021-07-05T12:09:53","modified_gmt":"2021-07-05T19:09:53","slug":"july-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/2021\/07\/05\/july-5\/","title":{"rendered":"July 5 Moments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Cherish all your happy moments; they make a fine cushion for old age. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Booth Tarkington<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I go to thinking this morning at 3 AM like I sometimes do. Did I spend all the time I could have with my loved ones, or did I squander precious moments away? Too busy, or too self-occupied, to notice them slipping away. I wonder how many of us hide behind the <strong>&#8220;I did the best I could&#8221;<\/strong> statement.\u00a0 Do really believe your own B.S. Do you really?\u00a0 My excuses used to start with &#8220;<strong>right after&#8230;<\/strong>.&#8221; or\u00a0 &#8220;<strong>in a minute<\/strong>&#8230;..&#8221; And the famous &#8220;<strong>I am too busy<\/strong>&#8221; What are your favourites excuses.<\/p>\n<p>Now that they are gone, are you sure that you did the best you could or just do what you had to, to get by?<\/p>\n<p>So pause for what is important, you can&#8217;t get that time lost back, love your children, pet your cat or dog, kiss your wife or husband. It will take but a moment.\u00a0 If you don&#8217;t somebody else might. Be back soon, I have little kittens that need petting.<\/p>\n<p>I just got a glimpse of what an end moment could look like. I fell overreaching for a water dish for my kittens. I knocked over my laptop and tablet and a lot of other things, I managed to catch the laptop before it hit the ground but suffered some damage to my wrist as a result. The wrist would heal, mostly. The laptop survived, so did the tablet. I was the only one damaged. I can live with that. The rest of the day may be a little more painful. Just add to the list. That wrist was already damaged anyways.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/07\/20210705_062023-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"18308\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/2021\/07\/05\/july-5\/20210705_062023\/\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/07\/20210705_062023-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1152\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;SM-A515F&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1625466024&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.6&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;32&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.000414078674948&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" 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width=\"2560\" height=\"1152\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/07\/20210705_062144-scaled.jpg 2560w, http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/07\/20210705_062144-300x135.jpg 300w, http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/07\/20210705_062144-1024x461.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/07\/20210705_062144-768x346.jpg 768w, http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/07\/20210705_062144-1536x691.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/07\/20210705_062144-2048x922.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-18321\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">my house<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_18317\" style=\"width: 2570px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a 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Booth Tarkington I go to thinking this morning at 3 AM like I sometimes do. Did I spend all the time I could have with my loved ones, or did I squander precious moments away? 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