Show up for life
Sometimes we feel like hiding
from the world.
It seems so hostile, so corrupt, so difficult.
We even consider
checking out completely,
like living in the woods
or disconnecting and just spending time
playing video games all day,
as a virtual reality.
Our thoughts about yesterday,
our regrets, our resentments
are all virtual reality,
as the past no longer “is”.
Our worries about tomorrow,
our anxieties and even our plans
are all virtual realities,
as the future is “not yet”.
We want to flee into a virtual world,
be it through video games or
simply through our thoughts
living in the past
or in the future.
All the while life calls us,
invites us,
beckons us
to “be”
to be ”here and now”
to be here and now “only”
while letting go of all virtual realities –
and show up for life,
embrace life,
accept life
as it is.
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