Routinely we are focused on what is ahead.
   As we continue striving to move forward, and we do or we try, we seem to be living in the shadow of what has happened or going through the motions of making it happen.
   Somehow the process of progress is so ingrained in us that we fail, or fear, taking the time to simply be in the present. Instead of living in the moment, we are truthfully loosing the moment by not paying attention to where we are.
   I noticed Saturday.
   On the way to an appointment, and realizing I was earlier than I intended (or needed) to be, I stopped half a block away and sat for a moment to collect my thoughts.
   I looked above me to the tree I was enjoying the shade of, now fully leaved in the resplendent greens of spring. A week back, if I even noticed as I walked on, the tree at the time was, like me, simply trying to get by.
   I can’t recall.
   I hadn’t bothered looking up or looking around.
   I didn’t take the time to check in with my surroundings
   It is sad really, we all seem so pointlessly busy and caught up in the process.
   If we are all hoping for progress, we should at least take the time to notice.
   Take a little time today to simply be.

05/15/2023                                                                                                            j.g.l.