Now

The light of day glows dimly through the hovering clouds saturated with a cooling mist of rain. It hardly seems daylight though the clock tells otherwise. Everything seems to be still in the midst of the overcast soup. Experience speaks the language of recollection that cloudy days ultimately give way to sun lit skies that bathe the landscape in brightness. The memory of days illuminated gives food for the journey through today’s banquet. As one goes about the chores of this day, the presence of the hovering clouds and saturating cool mist is somehow lost in the midst of the work at hand. Diminished are the longings for what has been and the desire for what will be as the attention to what is becomes fully engaged. Whatever the challenge of the present, it is best met with the attention to “now” as memories and hopes are safely stored in the arsenal of perseverance. Discovering the richness of today gives substance to tomorrow’s reflections!