Eight Seconds

I can't tell you why, but for some reason I got up this morning thinking about eight seconds.  
Eight seconds doesn't seem like any time at all if you are checking a text on your phone or the GPS on your dashboard. But, if you are only going 30 miles per hour, in those eight seconds you have traveled over 350 feet. 
To add a little perspective - assuming that you are an average reader, it has taken you about twenty seconds or so to read this far in my blog post.
In discussing curb appeal, realtors will tell you that it only takes eight seconds for a prospective buyer to decide if they are interested in a house.
Eight seconds seems to go by awfully fast - unless, of course, you are on the back of a bull at the rodeo.