It is said that life is not measured by the breaths we take but rather by the number of moments that take our breath away. The first time I heard that phrase I thought to myself that the entire world might be going crazy. Seriously why wouldn't we measure life by the number of breaths we take? After all aren't the breaths we take the same things that add another minute in our lives? With time I have come to understand that phrase and appreciate it. Sometimes life weighs you down, you feel broken, weary and alone. But when you look around you and learn how to admire the little things that people rarely look at you discover that life isn't that bad. So today I am making a conscious decision to measure my life by the moments that take my breath away...be it a friend just calling to say hi,or my sister sending a text to make sure am o.k or my roommate asking how my day was....these are the moments I choose to see and savor....