Hello, Old Friend

Hello again old friend.
Where does the time go?
So many places.
Some good, joyful, blooming places.
Some bad, miserable, stuck in place, places.
And wherever it goes, there we are.
The “place” time goes is the only place we truly inhabit.
This now.

In each — one after another — we have a choice:
Will I be there to experience it?

In presence, I must be aware
In awareness, I must feel
In feeling, I must observe
In observation, I must wonder
In wonder, I must learn
In learning, I must grow
In growing, I must live

And so I do,
So I become