Monday Morning Motivational Message - The Uniqueness of the Moment

What is the most unique moment you have experienced in your life?

Did you realize in the moment, just how amazing the experience was, or did it take some time for the exceptionality of the moment to sink in?

When you are part of something bigger than yourself, it changes you. When it's over, you want that feeling every day and all the time. 

During those magical moments, you think it will last forever. When it ends, you realize how fragile and precious it was.

In their book, The Power of Moments: Why Certain Experiences Have Extraordinary Impact, brothers Chip and Dan Heath, list four elements that make an experience memorable. They argue that every defining moment has at least one of these traits:

1. Elevation - You are surprised by a sensory pleasure.

2. Insight - Seeing things as they are, as in an "A-ha moment." 

3. Pride  - Knowing that you have given your all for a worthy cause.

4. Connection - Sharing a meaningful experience with others. 

Every involvement has the potential to become meaningful and memorable if you know what you are looking for. Each day, each encounter, and each experience can be meaningful if we put forth the effort to turn the mundane into the amazing.

Please leave me a comment about your thoughts on what makes a moment unique.