Down to the second.

I have always said that if I could leave one legacy-
it would be to always remember the little things.
The smiles,
the laughs,
the sunrises and sets,
the random acts of kindness,
the art in the everyday,
the music that turns into our symphonies.

The little things.

Well the other day-
While trying to have my eyes wide open,
I noticed that the little things can really come down to seconds.

I was on my way to Passion City with a friend and we decided to stop and get water in the city.
We had some time to spare so we took a different route and stopped at a different place.
Well while we were inside waiting to pay,
We noticed several men running towards my car.
My first thought after many days working in the hood was-
Well it was just a fight-
so I went on about my way talking to my friend.
I got up to the cash register and the clerk said
"You're lucky, that almost got your car..."
I was like "sayyy what?"

Turns out that a mans breaks failed on his three wheel bike and almost rammed into my car.
Luckily these three men stopped it and no damage was done.
But-
What if one of those men would have spent a little extra time at the candy isle?
What if no one would have saw the bike start rolling?
What if I would have went to a different gas station?

I know this is a minor story and a minor example.
No harm done.
Came out scratch free.

But what if one thing in our life would have happened differently?
Gone a different direction,
reacted a different way,
went a little earlier,
or a little later.
What if we would have handled something differently,
or been in a different place,
at a different time?
Would we still be the people we are today?
Would our lives look any different?

I know we could play the what if game for days, and sometimes it's pointless-
but it's crazy to me to think that our lives are planned down to the very second.
To be exactly where we are, right here, right now.
It baffles me- in a beautiful way.

So how about just for a little while lets be where we are.
Fully. Completely.
Here. Right now.

It's always the little things that turn into the big ones.