Present Moment: Liberation...

Folk #1:  It has been said a million times in a million ways. Yes. Living in the moment. It's a dicispline, a practice & a method for better living. It's easy to lose the thread. The Past is ever-expanding, and so much of one's experience is there. You can be overwhelmed and become a captive of the Past; experiences, memories, long chains of reasons, choices, detours. The Future looms over us too. Hopes, Dreams, Fears. The Future is a promise, a murky beckoning. Easy to fall into a worried funk, or into a sunny Dream-state that never quite materializes. We get shackled & imprisoned by the Past, and befuddled & confused by the Future. Liberation is in the moment. Life is to be found in the moment to moment. Alive. Aware. Awake. We have agency in the moment, and only in the moment. Fully engaged in the moment. Funny. It's so clearly the wise, Life-affirming choice. Choosing the Present. Living there fully, without any doubt, or restraint. The Present is where we reinterpret the Past, and where we recalibrate our expectations for an uncertain Future. Sure. Bad shit can happen in the moment. One has to deal with the deal. Why is it so hard to remember, or easy to forget, that the Present moment is everything? Inhabit the moment, let it fly, let it flow, ride the wind. Damn the torpedoes.