It is so hard for us to keep our heads in the “now”. We are always looking so far into the future that we don’t stop and enjoy the moment, which is really all we have- are moments that make up days, days that make up weeks, weeks that make up months, months that make up years….

Contorted thoughts run through my brain,
Fleeing wildly like a runaway train.
I live each day like it is the last, because another is not guaranteed.
Soaking things up like a sponge, so I have everything I can to proceed.
Only I can dismantle the pieces of my life now.
I’m not a mind reader, there for I don not know what lies ahead.
So I take it one day at a time, and be grateful for what I do have instead.
I control my own happiness, I can dictate my feelings and how.
I wasn’t always an active participant in my live, but now I’m by far a happy volunteer.
It’s an amazing ride, and I’ve picked up a lot of wonderful souvenirs.
My mind was so cluttered, I had no space, so I cleaned out some room.
And instantaneously at once my thoughts and inspirations once again began to bloom.

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  • Will Gray on Jan 14, 2009

    Great piece! Exremeley wise!

  • darklitany on Jan 14, 2009

    I love it, a great way to look at life.

  • Renita on Jan 14, 2009

    well done.

  • Eva Ohil on Jan 14, 2009

    Wonderful imagery. I love this!

  • papaleng on Jan 14, 2009

    cute and so imaginative

  • writingares on Jan 14, 2009

    nice poem keep on going!

  • Jane Holliday on Jan 14, 2009

    Great, your so posative and you have such a healthy attitude to life, great writing,

  • CutestPrincess on Jan 14, 2009

    great one! keep it up!

  • Peter Cimino on Jan 14, 2009

    Awesome piece. Very insightful and on target.

  • Peter Cimino on Jan 14, 2009

    Awesome piece. Very insightful and on target.

  • Holly J. Harrington on Jan 14, 2009

    Fantastic. You have a way of summing it up. Day to day definitely

  • lindalulu on Jan 14, 2009

    Nice write.

  • Morgana on Jan 14, 2009

    Very well done. I enjoyed reading it.

  • QuinMonty86 on Jan 14, 2009

    Good read. Positive and uplifting.

  • Christine Ramsay on Jan 14, 2009

    An enjoyable piece. It reminds us we all have to unclutter our minds once in a while and start afresh.

    Christine

  • Karina on Jan 14, 2009

    I love it!!! this makes so much sense…its true we always look ahead not thinking about “today” and realizing that we dont even know if tomorrow will come for us…thanks for writting this piece, its a nice poem…keep them coming;)

  • CE Lewallen on Jan 14, 2009

    Very good, and I agree. I’ve always thought like that. Why can’t we just live for today? But then they look at me like I’m stupid … thanks for writing this!

  • Reilley on Jan 14, 2009

    I agree, keep it up.

  • Poetic Angel on Jan 14, 2009

    You have a good aspect of things. This is a wonderful poem! Keep your head up.

  • sable Rose on Jan 14, 2009

    Great out look! you’re right you control your life.

  • Deelstra on Jan 14, 2009

    My constant struggle is in your prose.
    Nicely done!

  • LG on Jan 14, 2009

    Good insightful poem.

  • Karen Gross on Jan 14, 2009

    Well said. A wise friend once told me that God does not supply grace to meet the troubles that might come our way in the future. He only gives grace for today, as each day has enough trouble of its own.

  • Milton H Peebles III on Jan 14, 2009

    Inspiring!

  • monica55 on Jan 14, 2009

    Take it one day at a time, Astral. A good piece.

  • myria on Jan 14, 2009

    I really enjoyed this piece. I totally agree with you. I myself have that habit of looking too far ahead only to loose in the present.

  • Yovita Siswati on Jan 14, 2009

    I like it! Great work! It struck me that I very often forget to enjoy the present.

  • rutherfranc on Jan 15, 2009

    an inspirational work..

  • katien on Jan 19, 2009

    A good way of looking at things, another day is never guaranteed.

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