Things Only Happen Once.

I had a revelation recently. Something that you may have already had the privilege of realising far earlier than I have, but I will share my thoughts nonetheless.

It is that things only happen exactly once.

If you think carefully about it, every breath you take is unique.
Every time you think about something, you think about it a little bit differently.
Every time you spend time doing something that is routine, there is bound to be something that is different from the last time you did it.

Can you feel the weight of it yet?

No?

Well, let me explain.

This phenomenon is known more commonly as Time. Every second that passes by is literally unable to return to us. Time is something we can never expect to get returns from. All of us are at the mercy of Time, blooming as we become adults, decaying as we grow old—whichever it is. We are not God; we cannot exist beyond Time, hence we must live through it, on a straight path, only moving forward and physically unable to move backward in Time.

This means that every time you get something done, it will be done in that exact manner once.

You will breathe a certain way, smell a certain fragrance, hear certain sounds, see certain sights, and complete that task in a very specific way.

The next time you write an essay, you might hold the pencil at a very slightly different angle. Slight, but different nonetheless. The next time you go swimming, your swimsuit will catch on a different part of your body. A varying number of hairs will fall from your head each day. You will taste exactly that amount of tastes in that day—no more, no less, and it continues to change each day.

Change is the only constant.
It's true.

But something that is truer than that, is that times are always changing.

Can you feel the weight of it yet?

Yes?

Then perhaps it's time to reflect on each moment. To never take things for granted to as far as we can remember, for we are human and we forget. To always remember to live in the present, fully, without a doubt. To continuously remind ourselves to do exactly that. To know that every moment, though different, is beautiful and made beautiful in its own time.

Things only happen once.

Watch as they go.
Feel as they come.
Try to hold on, but let go as they pass.