This Present Moment

This temptation to fly to an

imaginary future,

or slide into an alternate reality –

resist it!

Neither your day dreams

nor your nightmares

may turn out

to be real.

Come instead, and abide

in the sureness of this moment.

I invite you –

to be with the certainty of right here.

To live with the crispness of right now, and

experience the vividness of this present moment.

Even if this moment

is not so pleasant,

even if it fails to live up to your desires.

Even if it is boring,

or ever so mundane

and feels a bit too lame.

Even if it thrashes you,

whips you around and harasses you.

See if you can bear witness to it.

Not condone it or agree with it,

but accept it.

Because it is already here.

In this momentary space of acceptance,

away from fear or anger,

you might, for once, clearly see your reality.

With this clarity, you might land up discovering

the path to your own serene freedom.