To Love Now
Not the memories past
nor the dreams of future;
Love this moment, feel and see,
banish the cataloguing brain
At least for a while.
How can we take for granted
to see the birds flitting and feed,
Singing and playing in the trees.
Or see the wonder and immensity of the sky
the grand Cupola of Cosmos above,
Just now the heavenly scents from flowers
drift through the door. Should I not just Be?
Of course I should
and say thanks for the gifts and their multitude.
I wonder if I can bring this peace through the day,
pack it firmly in a corner of my heart.
I will tell you if it worked.
Or whether packing boxes won out.
Love the Now is not a new theory,
it is the only way to live, to feel joy.
Maybe we can convince our brains
Could they possibly live in harmony?
© miriam ivarson
Great poem
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Thank you Luisa. 💕 .
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Ohh Mariam this is really Great to love now.
How Wonderfully you have convinced the fact through your words.
Amazing
Regards
Shiva
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Thank you Shiva for this comment so full of gladness.
I really am happy to have convinced you even if I guess you shared
these beliefs already.
Regards back to you
Miriam
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my brain is feeling
your heart’s convincing 🙂
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Wonderful comment, David. Thank you.
Why am I not surprised that your brain and feelings work in unison. 😊 .
Miriam
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What a wonderful poem. Love now because we never know what will happen tomorrow.
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Isn’t that just the truth, Jerry. Thank you for this wise comment.
Miriam
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Clever musings and poem Miriam. I too long for the day when my heart and head work in unity. 🙂
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Brad, I am so glad you enjoyed the poem. Could it be that awareness of
The importance of heart and head working in unity will enable us to succeed
more often. 😊 .
Miriam
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I hope so and I do experience it occasionally, but not as routinely as I would like.
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You nailed it. Again.
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Thank you Jaqui, that is funny and sweet.
Quite the builder then ..😊🤗 .
Miriam
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Living in the now, that is an interesting concept. It is a good way to make the best of life but you do have to plan for the future.
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Thank you Robbie for your thoughtful response. In many practical terms and frame work of our lives we do plan and hope to succeed.
However, we can’t live there, we can only live now. One does not cancel out the other.
Miriam
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Miriam, thank you for reminding me/us (your readers) to STOP and just listen. Breathe in the moment. STOP thinking about what has to be done. Just B E. The most glorious state to BE in. (And how I loved your description of the sky, “the grand Cupola of Cosmos.”) Your poetry always makes me feel good inside. ❤
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Pam, thank you for your beautiful response. I have a feeling you already know how to BE quite frequently, your positivity bears witness.
You do make me so very glad by saying my words make you feel good inside. What better praise can one get. ❤️ .
miriam
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Great poetic reminder, Miriam! ❤
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Thank you Bette, I needed to remind myself too, hence the poem.❤️ .
miriam
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Beautiful reflection, Miriam.
“Love the Now.” In these times of growing darkness, I see no other way to appreciate the beauty and good that each new day brings.
Blessings ❤
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Rosaliene, thank you so much for this beautiful comment. When it dawns on
us deeply that Now is all we really have, reality shifts somewhat.
It doesn’t mean we don’t believe in future, most of us do, but what memories
can we create without living now.
Bless you ❤️ .
Miriam
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Lovely thoughts that inspire!
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Thank you Balroop, I am so glad you felt that. 😊 .
Miriam
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Your wonderful poem brought me a smile. Our heads linger in the past or race ahead to the future while we ultimately only have the present. The trick is to knowingly linger in each harmonious moment.
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Thank you for your generous and descriptive comment. I smile at
all this racing back and forth and how right you are. Lingering in
the moment is what I am doing this Sunday morning with doors flung
open to the fresh air outside.
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This is a great poem, Miriam. I was thinking about the same thing the last couple days. 🙂
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Thank you for the wonderful comment.
Two Miriams thinking the same must make it right.😊 .
It also gives you time to see, really see, the butterflies, the roses
stubbornly making a last comeback before Autumn really takes over.
So much, so beautiful and yes, sometimes we have to linger on sadness for a while.
Miriam
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I agree, Miriam. I watch my flowers, hummingbirds, and butterflies every morning. 🙂 My hummingbird stayed last winter because he was not strong enough to fly south. I’m curious of what he’ll do this winter.
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I do hope he stays safe. Do you know how to help protect him?
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Lovely poem with wise sentiments Miriam, it’s so easy not to live in the moment, but so rewarding when we do.
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Thank you Andrea. You are right, we do easily slip in to the must do …
today, tomorrow, in that month etc.
A basic plan is good but after that we need to live life. Now.
Miriam
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This is beautiful Miriam. Living in the now is the only thing we can do, really, but you’re right, it’s very hard sometimes 🙂
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Thanks for your generous comment, Kate. I agree with you, it is hard for us
” modern ” humans to quite get it. Everyday practice will help and give more smiles and happy surprises. 😊
Miriam
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Right you are Miriam. If we could only convince our brains… Ommmmmm. 🙂
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Herein lies the crux. Do you think we can gradually win and feel the peace.
Bet you do on the trails. I do start my days in tune ..
The brain is one great worrier though, always solving things ahead and fearing. 😊🦋.
Miriam
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We come preprogrammed in so many ways, Miriam, and most of that programming goes back to our very beginnings as a species. There is conflict even within our own minds. Culture can influence us in one way or the other and certainly meditation helps. But it isn’t easy, to say the least. Our very survival may depend on our ability to succeed, however. –Curt
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We certainly do carry a great amount of ‘programming’ as we arrive. From ancestors a long way back. We then proceed to pick up more ‘ programming via our cultures, nurturing from home, and of course from people we meet.
Yes, there is often conflict in our minds and that is what I want to try and still.
To do what we do, here and now. Be it our work or watching a mountain.
Yes, to succeed in what we chose is normal … as long as it isn’t programmed. 😊 .
Miriam
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Love this, Miriam. It’s how we live! ❤️
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Thanks Bela, how sweet you are. I do agree so, this is how we live.
We can ever only do one thing at a time so better do it in peace and in tune with ourselves and life.
Miriam
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Yes! As islanders here say, ‘When can.’ ! 💜
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I know now on thing., your words will help bring us there. Jc
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Wow, JC! Thank you for this very appreciative and
to me uplifting comment. 🌈.
Miriam
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A beautiful poem, Miriam, with an important message to be in the moment – that’s the only time we are fully alive. ❤
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Thank you so much Diana, I am happy you felt my words.
You are so right that it is only in the moment we are fully alive. Yet, how good
aren’t we in trying to live forward and backward. 😊❤️
Miriam
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Awesome post, Miriam!! I love the truth in your words,Bellissimo!!
xoxo
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Thank you, Chuck, for this beautiful comment. I knew you would like the thoughts as they came up on another post where we discussed them. 😊🌻
Miriam.
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Reblogged this on The Reluctant Poet.
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A warm thank you for the re-blog. I am honoured and appreciate your support.
Xo
Miriam
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Your words fill me with gratitude for the now. I think I will put a note or card up on my refrigerator that says, LOVE the NOW.
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How wonderful to hear you say that. Thank you, JoAnna.
The idea of putting the reminder on the fridge door is one I might follow.
No, I will. After breakfast.
Bless
Miriam
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Me, too! right now! Bless you, Miriam. ❤
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Love this, Miriam! What a beautiful reminder to stop and savor the now. This especially brings to mind the addage “stop and smell the roses”. Stop and appreciate the natural world around us.
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Thank you so much Julie. To really be aware and find that stillness within, whatever you do. Smelling the roses or doing the dishes. 😊 .
Nature is and will always remain our teacher and balance.
Miriam
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Love-filled, love-ly
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Thank you da-Al. 💕 .
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Splendid poetic words, Miriam. Your poem describes such great love and harmony between one and all. Lovely poem 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
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Wonderful comment, Kamal, thank you. Just imagine if we could all reach
out with love and harmony. How healing wouldn’t that be for our world.
😊🦋🌻 .
Miriam
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“Could they possibly live in harmony?” This is the big question, isn’t it?
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I agree, Sharon. Could they possibly live in harmony. I believe so but only if
we first find harmony and peace within ourselves. Then we use the brain but doesn’t let it take over. Yes, if we really want I believe we can.
Miriam
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You and I have the same wish. May it be.
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