The IS-ness of Now

 …how incredibly much we learn from our birthday to our last day - from where the horsies live to the origin of the stars. How rich we are in knowledge, and in all that lies around us yet to learn. Billionaires, all of us.  Ursula K. Le Guin

In this moment, I am all the ages I’ve ever been. This is a thought noted by numerous people, a truth which is universal, and the main reason I’m surprised when I see a picture of myself. Who on earth is that old woman in the mirror looking back at me? When did that happen?

The skin on this meat suit is becoming very well-acquainted with gravity. The meat itself is no longer firm, and the neurons don’t fire like they once did. But there is contentment which comes with age. There is a willingness to simply let it be. It is surrender to the IS-ness of NOW. 

Dylan Thomas wrote that we should “not go gentle into that good night” and to “rage against the dying of the light.” I always took that to mean I shouldn’t accept the inevitable; that somehow, we should be dragged into our deaths very much against our will. Fight! Never surrender! Today, I believe that he was reminding people to grab each moment and fully inhabit each second of NOW with all that we have and all that we are. 

On this day, I will embrace every moment. I will celebrate each new NOW. I am grateful for all of it, the wholeness, the such-ness, the is-ness, and the richness of the totality of who I am.