What exactly constitutes a “Kodak moment”? That is the question that Lenore Skenazy explores throughout her article. We love to celebrate the best of times, but there is just something about the worst of times we love to ignore. If we constantly lived during the best of times our lives would not be as exciting. It takes an extremely unfortunate circumstance to remind us how lucky we actually are. The bad moments in our life define our character in the exact same way as the positive moments. I am in favor of Skenazy’s radical idea of trying to capture the ugly moments that have defined who we are and what we stand for over the years. To truly appreciate something you have to have gone an extended period of time without something. Like when you grab a drink of water when you come in for a run. Your mouth is so dry and your body is aching, but once the cool water hits your lips all of a sudden you forget everything else. Skenazy is ultimately trying to say that even though we only capture the “ups” in our life, the “downs” make up who we are as well. We would be doing ourselves a disservice if we forget that.
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