We tend to treat the word temporary like an insult. As if something meaningful must also be permanent to count. If it doesn’t last forever, it must not have mattered much at all. Which is odd, when you think about it, because some of the most beautiful things in life are fleeting by design.
A great conversation doesn’t lose its value because it ends. A sunset doesn’t become less breathtaking because it lasts ten minutes. A song doesn’t stop moving you because it’s three minutes long. And yet, when it comes to human connection, we sometimes forget this entirely.
Not every connection is meant to stretch endlessly into the future. Some are meant to exist fully, richly, and intentionally within a moment. That doesn’t make them shallow. It makes them focused.
There’s something incredibly honest about knowing the boundaries of an experience. When both people understand the frame, the pressure disappears. You can be present instead of performative. Curious instead of cautious. Playful instead of guarded. The connection becomes about now, not about what it needs to become later.
Temporary doesn’t mean careless. It doesn’t mean thoughtless. And it certainly doesn’t mean empty. In many ways, it asks for more intention, not less. When time is finite, you tend to show up more fully. You listen more closely. You savor more deeply.
Some moments are meant to linger forever. Others are meant to sparkle briefly and then live on as a memory that makes you smile when it crosses your mind. Both have value. Both can be real.
So no, temporary does not mean shallow. Often it simply means perfectly timed. Everyone needs an angel now and then. Sometimes an angel of the morning is just that.
❤️ Charlotte