Fleeting Moment

Isn’t it a strange notion to make something just so it can be torn apart? Wrapping a gift is just that. A beautiful adornment one minute and shambles the next. But when you think how much a ribbon and bow adds to the delight of a gift, it’s easy to understand the good feeling and appreciation that’s added to the moment.

Take music for example. Can you remember when someone played a song for you? Or when you went to a concert? The experience was all so real, right up until the last note and then it was gone. But it’s still there, tucked away in the closet of your mind. Every bit of it, from the first to the last note. And just like that music, the memory of a beautifully wrapped gift is on a shelf, somewhere in that closet.