Prayer of Presence

Imagine a life – your life – where the
experience of simple
awareness is your guiding light
throughout the day.
There is no struggle, no effort, no hurry,
no agenda.
Just attentiveness to the needs and tasks
of this moment, and the next moment,
and the next moment.
Imagine a way of being that participates
in the doing of everyday life, but without
the fuss, without the confusion, without
the breathless, anxious pace.
Imagine a way of being quietly rooted
in ongoing awareness of the Indwelling Presence.

This is the contemplative life.
Fully alive.- fully aware.
fully present and engaged,
but informed, enlivened and
ever renewed by the Source of all that is.
Even now, right now, this Source lives in us.
Stop reading and breathe deeply, and slowly.
Become aware of this Presence
in this very moment.

    ~Author Unknown