Do you have a minute?

For anyone who has a minute. (That's all this will take.)

Do you have a minute? 
Wow. That’s great news. 
Amazing how much can happen in one.  

In one minute, you can ...  
     * say hello about 20 times (though people might start wondering why) 
     * say goodbye about 15 times (if you’re not quite ready to go) 
     * blink fourteen times (or more if you’re trying to win a contest no one knows about)

In one minute:
    * a bubble can float just long enough for you to say, 
                “Don’t pop, don’t pop! Oh. It popped.”
     * the sun can peek through the clouds
     * a popcorn kernel can explode into something new
     * a bird can fly away, change its mind, and come right back
     * a text message can be sent, regretted, unsent, and reworded three times

In one minute the planet spins around 1/1,440th of its daily spin. 
The coffee cools from perfect to why did I forget about my coffee again?
Your heart beats somewhere 60 to 100 times (depending on how much coffee you just remembered you drank) 

Sometimes a minute feels forever ...  
like waiting in line behind someone who can’t find their wallet, or waiting for test results, or waiting to grow taller.

Sometimes a minute feels like nothing ...  
like laughing with friends or dancing or realizing a child you love has grown taller overnight.

And here’s the wild part: After one minute, there’s another.

And another. 

And maybe another.

The universe has been here for an astonishing number of minutes. I'm glad you're here for this one. And this one. And this one. 

I needed a reminder to better use my minutes. Thought you might, also. So, this is our reminder to take a minute. Use it. Look around. Hold hands. Pet a dog. Call your grandma. Breathe. Make a wish. Dance the Macarena in the grocery store. Smile.

You don’t have to do everything, but you do get to do something. And that’s kind of amazing. 

Here's a minute. It’s all we ever really have. And it might just be the whole world tucked inside a tiny pocket of time. 

Oh, look …
here comes another one.
Wow.

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