this is all there is right now!

“But I’m so young!

I have so many things to do yet!

Well! that’ll sure keep you from

Being here & now

Life is passing me by!

Hmmmmmm

But, if I live just in the here & now

won’t there be chaos? What happens

if the telephone rings?

Well: the here & now is the fact

that the telephone is ringing!

Pick it up!

Well: what if somebody wants to

make an appointment to see me

3 weeks from now?

Right!

Write it down. That’s here & now

Well, what happens 3 weeks from now?

3 weeks from now there’s that

appointment. Then: that is here & now.

When your child comes down the stairs

This is the first moment all over again

This is

Buddha meeting Buddha

Over toast & coffee

Over milk & porridge

Over mu tea & brown rice

We never had breakfast before!

This is it!!

This is all there is

Right now!

If it’s not good enuf, man, it’s not good enuf”

- Ram Dass. “Be Here Now (Enhanced Edition).” HarperCollins, 2010-10-26.