We live our lives day in and day out, moving from one moment to other, sometimes with a lot of thought, sometimes without a thought in the world.  As complex beings, we have the ability to do things without occupying the mind with the low-level of details required,  where certain things become an automatic response pattern or habit.  The word for this is automaticity, where some aspects of learning, repetition, and practice of something have allowed us to move through life quicker.   Good examples of this are walking, speaking, riding a bike,   it is something learned with much repetition and practice. We can do it with our eyes closed and without much thought.

Driving your car, we drive to work, drive the kids to school, drive to workout, drive somewhere.  Most of us drive every day, sometimes without knowing how we got to point A to point B (scary thought) until BAM… something happens,  run over the neighbours cat, stop to car because of something…  and our automaticity of driving our car is threatened, it is no longer a habit,  that “bam” moment has you thinking about every move you take.  It is no longer automatic,  you take more time to think about what you are doing.

Sometimes we have “BAM” life moments, something to remind you that this little life of ours that we’ve given really is short, precious and is most certainly supposed to be lived to its fullest.  It is not the first time I’ve had a BAM moment personally, but my most recent one was this afternoon while watching this video.  The video is of a mom battling stage 4 ovarian cancer with two young children,  it is a beautifully made video that will leave you either crying or with shivers, but most certainly with an appreciation all that is good and everyone every single day (Carpe diem!).

Maybe BAM moments happen to us just when we need to take a look at our lives,  remind us to slow it down, and to appreciate everything and everyone.    Instead of moving through life in an automatic fashion, we take the time to think about every move we make and to appreciate what we are doing. Have you’ve recently had a “BAM” life moment?

Please take the time to enjoy life, slow it down, enjoy every moment (even the hard ones, each one teaches us something), and hug your loved ones and let them know you appreciate them.

If you haven’t seen it yet, please take the time to watch the video,  say a prayer (if you pray) and send some positive energy and thought to this mom and to many amazing people you may know directly/indirectly battling something hard in their lives.

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