Be Here Now

One of the worst feelings is when when something funny or significant happens and the person who would appreciate it the most is not physically there with you. In attempt to do the next best thing, I'll sometimes give the individual a call or text message to let them know about the event that made me think of them. But I feel it's more special to share that experience face-to-face, so I usually hold off with the intentions of telling them later in person. But then I just end up forgetting, or I realize that the moment was lost and I could never possibly convey the situation with the same depth and enthusiasm that surged through me at the time of its occurrence. So even if I do communicate the moment to them, it's just not the same. It's almost like lost potential.

Potential is an interesting concept in itself. I suppose it's essentially our capacity, but for what? The possible? And can we ever truly reach our full potential? Will there ever be a situation where we'll know we've reached our limits, and we'll believe that this is as far as we can go? I feel like you can always aim higher with just about anything, so how do you reach capacity? Or is potential really just a realization at a moment of time of what could have been but does not exist?

Sorry, I got a little side-tracked there. So yeah, the whole "you just had to be there" phenomenon drives me crazy, and it always leaves me wishing certain people experienced the same moment that I did. But who knows, maybe the person you've thought of had an experience of their own that reminded them of you; one that they could never truly convey to you either? So, in the end, you're still connected. Two people associating with each other at the same time, based on different memories that they haven't both experienced first-hand. Pseudo-nostalgia.