Saturday, February 20, 2010

Day 49

I think that if there is one thing that I can do that, more than any other thing, will help me walk a path of peace, it is to cultivate present moment awareness. It is simple: be here now. And it is the hardest thing I have ever tried to do.

Remember learning to tell time? I was so excited to finally understand what those hands meant as the moved around the face of the clock. Time is such an important concept in our culture. I sometimes think about what it would be like to have never learned about the concept of time.

A few years ago someone shared an important memory with me. He began by saying "It happened in the time before I could tell time." I thought that these words were beautiful and I keep reflecting on them. Yesterday I wrote a little verse that was inspired by his words.

Before time began.
Hands on faces meant nothing.
Memories stand still.

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