At Ease

Jun 9

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AT EASE

Don’t brood on the past
Don’t repent, resent or pine
No now without then

About Ben Naga

The Spirit that graces me with its passing has no name and stems not from thoughts and words, though it gathers them up as it flows, but from feeling.

Posted on June 9, 2016, in Senryu and tagged , , , . Bookmark the permalink. 12 Comments.

  1. belasbrightideas | June 10, 2016 at 4:35 am

    Exactly. No ‘now’ without ‘then.’ This is hard for some people, but living in the past robs one of the vitality of the present moment.

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  2. heila | June 10, 2016 at 9:03 pm

    Absolutely, It’s one of my life mottos – Learn from the past but live in the present.

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  3. heila | June 10, 2016 at 9:14 pm

    I am the product of my past.

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  4. Betty Hayes Albright | June 11, 2016 at 11:02 pm

    Succinct and powerful truth. Thanks for the reminder, Ben.

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  5. Thomas Davis | June 15, 2016 at 10:38 pm

    In now then is, of course.

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  6. pins & ashes | June 24, 2016 at 7:38 pm

    once gone, gone.
    it shapes us,
    it has done its job..
    but present is where we are ..
    no point flowing backwards
    in pining thoughts!

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