Best-selling books
speak of Living in the Now.
Focus on each breath
Inhale
Exhale
mediation teachers
guide us.
If thoughts come
Be aware
then
breathe
and let them go.
Longtime
meditators
acknowledge
this is a Practice
Practice doesn’t always
mean Perfect.
Trying to
live in the Now
even if it is very painful
is a practice
that is why it is called
a Practice.
Many call the present
Very Unsettling.
Free-floating anxiety
can be very present
in the Now.
The 24 hour news cycle
is full of tragedies
individually
and collectively.
One’s internal compass
may seek to
find
True North.
What can you do?
What can I do?
The Now can be
so painful,
Practice
Kindness.
Be kind to ourselves,
Be kind to all
who cross our paths.
Find joy
and notice the
beautiful
In each moment,
the Now.
In the words of Leonard Cohen
Living Lines Moment by Moment 
How beautiful you encapsulated so many “free floating” concepts. Marvelous.
There is a Leonard Cohen exhibit at the Jewish Museum now, in your old neighborhood. I’d love to take you if you’d like to come in for it.
Thanks for all the forwarded materials. They are helping already.
Love, Faye.
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