It Only Takes a Moment

There's a song that goes, "It only takes a moment to be loved a whole life long. . . "   Very dreamy, melodic and memorable from HELLO DOLLY when Cornelius Vanderbilt sings to Mrs. Malloy.  Unforgettable.

It only takes a moment
For your eyes to meet and then

Your heart knows in a moment

You will never be alone again

I held her for an instant

But my arms felt sure and strong

It only takes a moment

To be loved a whole life long...

Yesterday, for some reason, I started thinking about all the life-altering changes that happened in just that---a moment.  Big things, significant happenstances that greatly altered or changed my life and lifestyle forever---in the blink of an eye, a whisper in the wind, a flick of the wrist.

The best one, of late, going to the humane society on November 14th and finding Sweetie Sue. 

But there are many others that happen in our lives that aren't so happy.  A friend deciding the friendship's over, a car running over one of my kittens on the way to a football game, a tree falling on a house (not mine, thank goodness) a spark igniting a major fire (like in the hills of L.A. usually every spring and fall) a slight, a wink, a nod, a connection--for the good or bad--that happens in a moment.  And changes your life forever.

When these things happen, I ask myself, why, what causes them to happen? 

Is it Fate? Chance? Kismet? Synchronicity? God? Or, just plain good or bad dumb luck?  What powers the energy in the world? And, its outcomes?  Why this and not that?  So many huge changes occur in a split second.  Not choices.  Life edicts. Situations and consequences that happen involuntarily.  Out-of-the-blue.

Do you ever think about this?  If so, what are some of the life changing events or situations that have happened to you?  And, how do you feel about them?