Pondering the impermanence of beach sand

Everything is temporary, some more so than others
Delray Beach, FL
July 2016
This photo originally shared on Instagram

This textured stretch of beach sand was like this, in this form, for, perhaps, a few seconds - after the wave that shaped it had receded into the Atlantic, and before the next one rolled in to erase it from memory.

This remains my favourite memory of a favourite day at the beach with my family, yet I often think about all the other temporary scenes and temporary moments that we fail to notice, either because we're not there in the first place, or more likely because we are, but we neglect to take the time to look more closely.

If I do one thing today, it'll involve taking the time. Because you never know when that next wave will roll in and take it all away.

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