A Moment

A moment...such a small amount of time, practically imperceptible. Yet how much can change in that space of time? Sometimes the entire world around us can become completely different than what it was. What we feared we suddenly seek. What we loved feels unneeded and distant. We thought we knew ourselves; now we know we don't. Something didn't make sense, now it does. All within a moment...a moment changing everything. The cruelty of it is there's no warning, no foreseen sign to hint that such a moment is coming. You wake up on another standard Wednesday, the sun is shining, you still have some milk in your fridge, and all seems to be as it always was. By the time that seemingly standard Wednesday is over, however, you wonder if Thursday will come. How can it, when the world as you knew seems to have ended? How can another day start when a moment of this day has brought time to a screeching halt? The moments blindside you, smacking you on the head in the same fashion as a thug in a dark alley with a 2X4. With the stars still in your eyes from the blow, you desperately try to find your footing before you collapse to the floor. As cruel as it may be, however, the world does not stop. The dizzy feeling goes away, you're still alive, and life will go on tomorrow. A moment may change everything, but that doesn't mean it has to change you.