Being Present 5/21/2026

Being present
What does
That really mean?

Sitting in stillness
Listening to silence
Feeling every breath
Moving in
And out
As you drink
Your morning coffee
While savoring
The aroma
In the room.

Perhaps
It’s watching
Each raindrop
Slide down
The window pain
While hearing
The thunder roll
As you watch
The trees sway
In the storm
That’s approaching.

Perhaps it’s
Observing the
Facial movements of
A child’s smile
Or embracing
Laughter of
A friend’s joke
As you share
Memories of
The past
Gone by.

Each situation
Is different
Each event
Is unique
But one thing
In common
And that’s
You are alive
And living
In love.

So whatever
You are doing
Just focus
Your awareness
On breathing
And open
Your heart
To the moment
At hand.

Poem Author
Maggie Spaulding