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i have been keenly aware of time lately...how we have just one go around in this life, and that time, whatever that is that we have created, keeps going without ever stopping. it is a precious thing, this thing we have named time. an interesting thing. you see, we cannot do anything about past time, yet many linger in it, lament it, want it back. we cannot do anything about future time, yet many watch for it, dream about it, think that it is always going to be there. reality is, the only time we have is the present moment. it is the only time that really matters. i am beginning to really recognize that keeping my thoughts and actions in the current moment is the only way to feel fully alive, fully present, and to give myself and others the best of what life has to offer...right now. there is so much that i think about in terms of future time, but i am beginning to realize that the power is in the present moment. when that future gets here, the power will be in that present moment. i am beginning to realize that right now is the only thing that really matters. don't get me wrong, dreaming for a better tomorrow is not a bad thing, i am just learning that if i stay there, i risk missing those golden moments that only the present moment can give me....my husband's contagious laughter, my child's precious face, clouds drifting across a blue sky on a summer's day, the taste of a decent cup of coffee, the feel of the early morning air on my face, the sound of the rain.....and on, and on, and on. so today, i will continue my inner work of quieting that loud voice and wandering eye inside that wants me to look to the past and future, and i will steer it back to the present moment, to the only thing that matters, the right now.