Are you living the moment or just trying to describe it?

I am not sure if this has occurred to any photographer before, when you are busy clicking away trying to compose... re-compose. Shoot... change the aperture, tripod, multiple exposures for HDR processing... it does begin to feel very busy. Strangely in the midst of all those activities, trying to capture a shot that will last forever (technically if I don't delete it), sometimes I feel that I have forgotten to breathe in the moment or just simply missed that "MOMENT". 


Yes, it's true that a picture speaks a thousand words but... sometimes those thousand words do not allow you to "experience" or "re-live" the moment. These days, I always try to remind myself... it is more important to live the moment than describing or capturing it.