When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, “I used everything you gave me.”

– Erma Bombeck

The miracle is not to fly in the air, or to walk on the water, but to walk on the earth.  – Chinese Proverb

Kabir – The couplet

???? ???? ???? ????, ???? ?? ??? ??  |

???? ??? ?? ????? ? ????, ??? ?????? ?? ?? ||

transliterated:

Jeevat Samjhe Jeevat Bujhe, Jeevat He Karo Aas |

Jeevat Karam Ki Fansi Na Kaati, Mue Mukti Ki Aas ||

Translation:

The living can see, the living can realize, we can liberate ourselves only when alive |

If we do not free the self from bondage while living, the soul has no hope of freedom after death! ||

My understanding:

Tomorrow so consumes our daily moments, we forget about the now, and rarely research the why of where we are at the moment (this moment, now – the one that was a possiblity some time ago and is but a memory now).

When I sing, I forget to focus on the music’s interaction on my self and focus on the effect it has on the audience around – forgetting that if I cannot please myself, how will I ever please the world?

When I am at work, my thoughts are on the evening’s plans – when the evening is here, I worry about the next day’s jobs. If I force myself to focus, I dwell too long in the past and what I may have done different – all the time, giving up the precious now, which is the only space where I can make it be exactly what I want it to be, what I feel it needs to be – if only I could stay in the moment ..

If I cannot for a moment focus on the now and make this moment all it can be, of what use is a life filled with a lifetime of moments contemplating other moments without beginning or end?