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\"clouds\"<\/a>Recently, I was at an outdoor concert. I had my Canon PowerShot with me and played around with capturing different poses of the musicians. My gaze then focused on the building behind the musicians. I scanned it slowly, from bottom to top, through the lens of the camera.<\/p>\n

Then up, up, up -\u2013 my eyes lingered on the blue sky above the building. A few clouds moved slowly across the horizon. I saw a small white dot next to one; sitting like apostrophe, against the cerulean shaded page of atmosphere. It was 6:00 in the evening. Was this small circle of whiteness in the sky a collection of water droplets that got separated from its core cluster or was it the moon rising?<\/p>\n

I became fascinated with the clouds I saw that evening and, for the next week, couldn\u2019t seem to take enough photos of clouds. I took shots from from parks, from the lakefront, from my back deck, and from city streets.<\/p>\n

They\u2019re almost always around, but we don\u2019t always notice them. Maybe we will study them if we are planning an outdoor outing and trying to size up the likelihood of rain, but mostly we think about clouds when they are not there, when the sky is clear.<\/p>\n

They are made of the same stuff as the sky that surrounds them, but the molecules that compose them manage to differentiate themselves. They\u2019re constantly moving in the sky and changing shape.<\/p>\n

No two are exactly alike. I like that. I like the thought of each cloud\u2019s uniqueness.<\/p>\n

Just last week, I posted my 200th reflection on gratitude on this blog. Being aware of my Grateful Dozen<\/strong><\/a>, (broad categories of things that I know I feel grateful for) has made it easy to identify things I can appreciate in the present moment.<\/p>\n

In considering experiences I\u2019ve written about, I can identify common themes, and yet each entry has its own character and primary takeaway. Each moment when I realize how precious something is to me is an aha moment<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

I thought I liked clouds because you can see so many different things in their outlines and contours, because they can reflect the mood of their environment, because they are a great metaphor for working in tandem with light.<\/p>\n

But I think I am most taken by them because no two are exactly alike and because I know they are only passing through. That a cloud is only in my field of awareness for a short time only makes it more special.<\/p>\n

Clouds are perfect reminders to enjoy the present moment \u2013 and that\u2019s no small thing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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