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Yesterday is gone, just memories, Tomorrow isn’t here, only hopes, Now is all we have; but we waste it, ignore it, don’t use it, ‘cause we're consumed with yesterday, hoping for tomorrow and ignoring the Present. Intellectually we’re drowning; spiritually starving; so far out of balance, maybe that's why we can’t stand for much at all. Technology floods us; more things than we can ever use, or want, or need; but we do want them, have to have them, are willing to compromise a part of ourselves for them. Submitting to our basic desires, selling off part of our worth, starving our spirit; but no amount of things can make it healthy again. Externally over-stimulated, internally under-nourished, a battle as old as time, never truly won or lost, just passed on from generation to generation, to each one of us. Would you rather be occupied with the unchangeable past, the unknown future, or be here, now, to live today? Don’t know the answer, can’t make the choice? The answer is in you, it’s been there all along, in your starving Spirit, waiting for your mind to choose, to ask, to listen, to understand. So what are you afraid of? Are you so used to fear that it’s automatic, reflexive; like everything else in your life? Have faith, look inside yourself, listen to your Spirit; it will not lie to you, deceive you, or lead you astray. Nurture it, include it in your everyday life. It’s God’s gift to you, that’s why it’s call the Present. The Present is all we have, given to us to use now; not to be cluttered with yesterdays or crowded out by tomorrows; the Present is the only place where we can do anything. So be available, be present, involve your Spirit to help guide you, open your heart, calm your intellect, find a balance and the secret to God’s peace, the Present. |