Be Here, Now OR An Ode to 2017

@lyanhnan (151)
Thrissur, India
January 4, 2017 1:43am CST
2017 heralds a new approach A constant striving for mindfulness Of each moment passing by. Refuse to venture out of the present, Be Here, Now! Let 2017 be the beginning And simply stop lamenting A past that can never be undone. So refuse to venture out of the present, Be Here, Now! Folks, 2017 has finally arrived So why anxiously await a future That might just not arrive. And therefore, Refuse to venture out of the present, Be Here, Now! Remember, Year 2017 rings in the message That there is no Time, Inside or out; and so Stop being an echo of the past, Stop drifting into the future. Refuse to venture out of the present, Be Here, Now!
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@franxav (13622)
• India
4 Jan 17
In our mad rush how we forget to live in the present!
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@lyanhnan (151)
• Thrissur, India
4 Jan 17
Yes, it's all about remembering. Constant remembering to be in the present.
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@lyanhnan (151)
• Thrissur, India
4 Jan 17
@stbrians it's all a chain of events and the choices we make at any given moment.
@toniganzon (72279)
• Philippines
4 Jan 17
Nice poem.
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@lyanhnan (151)
• Thrissur, India
4 Jan 17
Thank you. Please do read my previous poem too: Beyond Notalgia
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• Preston, England
15 Jan 17
Well written - there really is no time but the present
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@lyanhnan (151)
• Thrissur, India
15 Jan 17
Past is memory, Future a vision, And you have only the gift Of the Present From Time Here to eternity.
@jstory07 (134727)
• Roseburg, Oregon
4 Jan 17
I live in the present and enjoy every day of my life.
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@lyanhnan (151)
• Thrissur, India
4 Jan 17
Great. Then you have truly arrived.
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@tom_view (6415)
• Kolkata, India
5 Jan 17
well written
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@lyanhnan (151)
• Thrissur, India
5 Jan 17
Thank you..