through life. Instead of worrying about
the possibility of dislocating a hip (the
future) or about how bad I was at this
pose (the past), I could have luxuriated
in the magnificence available to me in
the moment.
It never ceases to amaze me the
precious time we spend chasing the
squirrels around our brains, playing out
our dramas, worrying about unwanted
facial hair, seeking adoration, justifying
our actions, complaining about slow
Internet connections, dissecting the lives
of idiots, when we are sitting in the
middle of a full-blown miracle that is
happening right here, right now.
We’re on a planet that somehow