Release tension

4-1-2017 New Mexico 

Every day I begin here with this 
as the only life there has ever been, 
completely new, starting here and now. 

For this moment of life is the only life I will ever have. 
Everything else takes place in the imagination. 
And this body is the only body I will ever have. 

Everything takes place in the imagination 
except the act of being here now. 
And I suddenly see, 
as I understand this for a moment 
that here and now 
is where the imagination has a wish to be active. 

I form the image of myself in every instant. 
Awareness as a mirror for what is. 
I see in this way that my sensation of being is a mirror for what is. 

     Lee van Laer, Midwife, today Morning Five Substack

S up at 5:45 for early trip to Boston. Definite tension and grump at departure time. She looked beautiful as ever, in a mohair knit dress she created, gold ochre bodice, purple body.  

   Grant her a safe journey an pleasant visit, Lord. IJN