Attitude and Aptitude

P O E T R Y. 

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Being Watchful Only! 

This Mysterious Character, 

Of Time, 

This Elusive Nature,

Of The Phenomenal,

Where One Can't Decide,

How To Deal With,

Until One Discerns,

What Differs From How,

The Time That Moves On,

Differs From The Now.

The Past, The Future, 

The Now, The Present,

Are To Be Dealt With,

In The Moment Instant!

Living In The Past,

Is, Living In The Memory, 

Living In The Future,

Is, In The Imagination,

Living In The Present, 

Is None Of The Two, 

Living In The Present, 

Is, In This Very Moment!

That Is, Looking At The Things,

Afresh, Anew, Alive, - Ever So, 

To The Past, To The Future,

Always Saying, "No!"

That Could Only Happen,

When You're Not Afraid,

That Could Only Happen, 

When You're Not Mad!

The Past And Future, 

Are Only In The Frenzy,

That Do Make Always, 

One Mad And Crazy!

Learning An Art, A Skill, 

Do Need Practice, A Drill, 

That Of Course, No Doubt,

Are A Matter Of Time, 

That Keeps On Moving,

When The Bells Chime.

The Bells Never Stop,

For A Single Moment, 

Be It Either The Past,

The Future Or The Present.

The Bells Know Not, 

What Will Be The Future, 

What Has been The Past,

They Never Imagine, 

Neither Have A Thought!

But We Human Are, 

That Do Think, Imagine, 

Of The Future And The Past,

Ignoring The Present,

And Thinking A Lot! 

Life Is Never The Thinking.

And Life is Never The Past, 

Life Is Never The Future,

They Exist Only In Thought!

Once You Observe,

Without A Thought, 

The Splendid Marvelous,

Movement Of Now,

You Learn In The Instant,

This Happens How!

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