Life Is Now

Life is now…

Time does not cease to pass for anyone,
nor does it bow to the gods of obstacles
that we try to put in its path,
hoping, it would seem, to fight the unfightable,
to slow down the progression of time,
to mold it to submit to lesser phenomena;
In a heartbeat,
time is gone,
taking with it our opportunity
to enjoy this present moment
before it, too, is gone.
Life is now.
Life is this moment.

All we ever have is now.
The past has disappeared,
those moments never to return;
Tomorrow is an illusion that never arrives,
always remaining a day away;
Life is now.
Life is this moment.

Do you waste this moment,
this gift of life, of time,
in regrets for earlier moments wasted?
Do you waste this moment,
this gift of life, of time,
worrying about moments yet to come?
Do not waste this moment.
Life is now.
Life is this moment.