What if I miss right now?

​What are the things that distract me from this very moment?

Is it the shame and regret and guilt I carry around from yesterday?

Is it the trip I'm looking forward to next month?

Is it my to-do list? Is it my confession list?

Is it relationships I lost; relationships I wish I had?

Jobs I lot; jobs I wish I had?

What are the things that distract me from this very moment?

And what if in the middle of that distraction I miss the moment that's been waiting for me all my life? What if I don't have a chance to regret missing it because I was too busy outside of this moment to ever know that it even escaped me?

Can the most important moments of my life go unnoticed?

Sometimes I am afraid of this moment. Sometimes bored. And sometimes, maybe, even disappointed it arrived.

But it did arrive, and that is a gift.

Frederick Buechner says, "unless you are aware of how precious it is, you can hardly be said to be living at all."

Nothing robs me of the preciousness of each moment than placing my attention in some other moment. Moments long gone or moments that may never come.

Both a complete waste of time.

Because this moment is here. Right in front of me. And what if it is the answer to yesterday, the grand preparation for tomorrow? And what if I miss it?

What if I break the link between yesterday and tomorrow?

This moment is precious. I won't miss it. Not this one.

It's really as simple as that.

This moment is precious.....