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The wind blows, the clouds drift, and the rain cycles.
Waves come and go, trees bud,
flowers bloom, and eventually, everything returns to the earth.

Without being taught by anyone.

Life, again today,
is quietly living itself.

The body, too, is within that flow.
Breath circulates on its own,
and the heart continues to beat in silence.
Countless cells are born, finish their roles,
and connect to new life.
Even while you sleep,
the body beautifully weaves
the miracle of today.

Thoughts, too, are within that flow.
Thoughts arise, reflecting joy and anxiety,
then settle, only to reflect new scenery.
They do not come because you called them,
nor do they leave because you chased them away.
Just as the wind blows, just as waves rise,
they simply arrive naturally.

Awareness, too, buds suddenly one day.
Like morning dew dissolving in the sunlight.
What you were holding onto tightly,
one day, gently loosens.
Even though the words are the same,
a different landscape than yesterday opens up.
It is not that the world has changed,
but that the tension in your gaze is quietly unraveling.


And when you realize this,
what you were searching for
was never far away.


The sound of birds.
The scent of the wind.
This heartbeat.
The bustle of thoughts.
Laughter.
Tears.

All of it
always blooms in the 'here and now'.


The past appears as memory.
The future appears as imagination.


Yet, the one aware of them
is always this very moment.
There is no life that lives
outside of the 'here and now'.

Therefore, this place
is not a place to be completed by acquiring something,
nor is it a place that is lacking because something was lost.
Simply being
becomes a quiet peace in itself,
and being aware
becomes a gentle light in itself.


Without reason,
a smile wells up.


Inside the life that smiles,
today, too, the wind blows, flowers bloom,
the body moves, and thoughts work.


Nothing stops.
Nothing rushes.


While embracing it all,

life, again today,
simply is.


Today, too.
Thank you.

🌿☕🍩