Good that we are here
Among the failures in life, in the hustle and bustle, in the chaos of important matters (which we constantly have to chase), in the dullness and monotony of everyday life, it happens that we long for peace, balance, constancy. We get bored very quickly with the swing of our life's failures and successes, victories, breakdowns and happiness. Maybe we even know that the best thing for us would be some kind of stabilization, normalization of our feelings, our person, our life.
Maybe we are even aiming for this stabilization. Often, however, there is a small and significant problem ...
Important things are happening to us here and now, and we are constantly and stubbornly confirming with our life that the present does not matter to us, or at least is not the most important thing. We reach back to the past; we spend time remembering what once created our happiness. We make plans for the future ...
We are a bit like a distracted tourist who lives "in another dimension". He is holding a camera in one hand and a Video camera in the other.
He wants to make the longest memorial movie possible. He also wants to take as many photos as possible in order to enjoy in the future what he experienced in the past. The present moment is leaking through his fingers ... Such a tourist cannot enjoy what is NOW ...
And apparently the best photos are taken in the heart, here and now ...
Until Tomorrow
fr. george