What Can Happen In a Second

A couple of weeks ago, I found a book called 642 Things to write about. Out of all the books I have stumbled across, I just found it to be so simple yet profoundly amazing. I will let you find out how the book came together but I thought I would use it as a basis for my blog. I will attempt to work through all the suggestions that the authors have made in the book but use it as a basis for writing something that is remotely interesting.

So the first suggestion: What can happen in a second?

When I thought about this question, it really made me think. What CAN happen in a second? What HAS happened in a second.

Off the top of my head I can think of some unfortunate things that have happened to me in a second like when I was in the middle of a musical production and my computer just shut down half way through. Or I was standing at a traffic light and all of a sudden, in a second my ankle dropped out from underneath me and I fell flat on my face. That was interesting lol.

But then I thought about the good things. In a second, just before I left for holidays I found out I was accepted into a course which was hard to get into when I received an email. In a second I found a two dollar coin along the side of the road.

In a second I received a text message saying my friend was pregnant.

When I thought about this more, I wondered how many other ‘one seconds’ it took to make that one second in my life come to pass…probably many. But it got me thinking.

As cliche as it sounds, seconds seem quite important. Like that saying, “ever second counts”…well it really does when you think about it. A second may change your life, but what if you are sharing that same second with someone else. That may change their life too!

But notice I have mentioned what HAS happened in a second NOT what CAN happen in a second. It almost prompts you to  create a list of things you wish would happen in a second. Like:

– Be given a million dollars (or two)

– Find the man of your dreams

– Unlock your car door after youve been locked out

– Take back the last thing you just said before you realised you should have said it.

The list could go on when you think about it. But rather than blab on, Ill leave the question with you, what do you hope would happen in a second. Then write the answer down and rather than wait for it to happen, start working on the other seconds that havent been used yet to make that happen

Luv. Anna