Life in the Present

Rev. Jeffrey Symynkywicz, April 7, 2002

Life hurtles forward into the future,
while we remain stuck on the pain of the past,
all the while denying
that the pain is even there.

So, we cling to the shadow
of a past that never was,
rather than breathing in its
enlightening, healing, liberating spirit,
and then moving on to greet
the golden luster of another dawn.

To remember the past is not to cling to it,
if we comprehend that we are living
honestly in the present,
with all of its commitments,
and facing the future directly,
with all of its possibilities;
then, we will find ourselves energized and empowered
by that from which we have drawn
meaning and spirit.

Of course, we cling to the present sometimes, too,
as well as the past:
its comfort, convenience, and predictability,
dooming ourselves to miss the chance
to birth the new worlds that lie within us,
and to live that awesome power
of endless resurrections.

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