I face a daily struggle in my life yet it is one I chose. It is the attempt to be present in my own life, my own place in time. I believe the present is all that we truly have and while we cannot avoid wondering about the future or reflecting on the past our existence is momentary and fragile and we can miss that which we truly have.
This is not intended to trivialize ideas of spirituality or philosophy or other forms of critical thought. It is to try to understand that we must also embrace our very existence every day. We must wake up to the wonder of being alive and go to sleep knowing that our lives a finite and be thankful for the gift of every moment, hour and day that we are here.
I cannot reject the world. To reject it is to cast aside the wondrous gift of life; to belittle the amazing fact of a world filled with beauty and wonder along with ugliness and horror. And I can never forget that all of the ugliness and horror of this world is of
our making. We not only opened Pandora's box, we first constructed it. But I do not despair in this or else I would go mad.
Instead I chose to believe that humanity will either overcome its arrogance and failures or else it will cease to exist. Yet life will continue without us if we fail. For now I chose to embrace the fact of my existence. I will continue to strive to be present in my own life and in those who are near to me.
