The Present Moment.



The present moment is fleeting.
And it's here to stay.

The present moment is complete.
And it completes me.

It is full of all my joy and carries the weight of all my sorrow.
The past lives here, the future lives here.

The present moment is a clean slate.
The present moment never judges.

The present moment is cold.
And yet it is full of tenderness.

In it I love you, I miss you, I fall again, and I grow.
In it I slowly watch my life unfold, one moment at a time.

The present moment is a gift.
The present moment breathes life, it nourishes me.
And in it I also die.

It is all I will ever have.
It has in it all I will ever need.

The present moment is infinite
How can it encompass it all?

Some days its weight is so heavy
And yet it carries in it the lightness of being.

In the present moment I bleed,
And it is here I find my salvation.

In it I am crushed
And I am reborn.

The present moment is unforgiving.
But always an opportunity for a new beginning.

I watch myself stumble, fall.
I watch myself get up, and stand tall.

In it, I can honour my history, hunger for the future
But not throw This moment away.

The present moment knows it all.
Don't try to fool it.

Don't throw it away.
It is all you will ever get.
This one moment of perfection.
Over and over again.

The present moment is sacred.
The closest to God you will ever be.

The one and only truth.

The present moment embraces me.
I embrace it.

I live here.

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