Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Extra Credit: William Henry Lewis

Last week on Thursday, April 3rd William Henry Lewis came to Wesleyan to read in the Callen Conference center.  Throughout all three of his readings many quotes of his stuck out to me. It was hard to pick one of the many I wrote down. But, I finally did decide on one of them.

"Many places are right for a moment like this, but the moments are few."

As soon as I heard this quote it stuck right out to me. It just makes complete sense when you think about it. We live all of our lives in all different locations and it does not really matter where we are. But what does truly matter is what happens in that place where we are. We tend to make a big deal about where we are at but in the end it does not matter that much. The moments that happen where we are is what makes our lives as to what they are today and what will make them for tomorrow. 

I think one of the main points William Henry Lewis was trying to make with this quote was make the moment yours. Don't let a stupid thing like the location of something throw your off to what is happening. Somethings only come around once in a lifetime and we need to take advantage of these rare occasions. "The moments are few." That was really why I chose this quote. We need to remember that moments should be treasured and not taken for granted of. We need to live for these memorable moments. As we go on with our lives to new places with new faces we must all not forget what memories we made through all the moments. And also, remember all the memories we can make in new places with all new moments in our lives.