The Gift

" Today is a gift. That is why it is called, the present. "

Life is a matrix of mystery and the prettiest, most surreal things manifest when you least expect it. That is, if - and only if, you are in tune, aligned, centered, so to speak, to the crux of a moment!

For most people, life occurs in a state of distant future. A dreamworld of a day when one has finally, finally, oh' at long last, evolved into an imaginary perfect version of oneself, with all its accompanying status, and trappings, and distinctions, and accolades, and riches, plus that sculpted weight and height and hair color so rightly befitting.

Ah', in the- imaginary- future, you have arrived....yehey, yeehaw, what an escape!

However, even more people dwell in the past. A masochistic world of regret and pain and anger- for whatever archaic reason, direly re-lived day after day, moment after moment, for the purpose of...of....nothing else to do, probably. Who knows exactly, eh?

Then some, of course, live in the past for the sake of....high school! The good old days of 86' when life was punk and sporting big hair, plus Bermuda thick eyebrows, were a sure fire path to the volcanic throes of true love! Duh...

Eeeeks' to the delusion, and the hair, and bushy brows! Oh' but heck, high school rules ( or college, or elementary, or nursery, or the 60's, or the 70's or the 90's whatever year you prefer ) so let's live there...forever!

So what's wrong with this? Shouldn't we plan for the future and glory in the days gone by? What's wrong with digging' the past and pinning for the future?

Basically, nothing.

Nothing as long as you aren't "STUCK." You know, like in a rut?

Stuck to a tomorrow that does not exist. And stuck to a past that is deceased. So stuck that one becomes oblivious to the beauty and preciousness that is just is.

For here we are at the cusp of another fresh new year, making out goals, and plans, and resolutions, and aspirations, as we should. This is good. All good.

And as important as the future is and as significant the past, the most crucial part of existence is the awareness of the present moment, NOW! There is no tomorrow ( yet); and gone is that all consuming past to continuously regret. But there truly is a now; this moment, this time, this present.

So breath deep.

Deep. Deep. Smile.

Relish life and live the goodness you are.

And just like that pretty butterfly whose daintily fluttering existence has touched me, realize that your presence is significant. You, yes you, make a beautiful difference in the lives of so many, in this world, at this moment, right NOW!

Manifest the best.

Flutter and fly!

* written for a commercial website targeting young adults.