A good friend of mine shared her favorite poem with me this week.  It is called “Now is the Time.”  It was written by Hafiz, an ancient mystic Sufi poet from Persia, and was translated by Daniel Ladinsky in his book, The Gift.

Now is the time to know
That all that you do is sacred.
 
Now, why not consider
A lasting truce with yourself and God.
 
Now is the time to understand
That all your ideas of right and wrong
Were just a child's training wheels
To be laid aside
When you finally live
With veracity
And love.
  
My dear, please tell me,
Why do you still
Throw sticks at your heart
And God?
 
What is it in that sweet voice inside
That incites you to fear?
 
Now is the time for the world to know
That every thought and action is sacred.
 
This is the time
For you to compute the impossibility
That there is anything
But Grace.
 
Now is the season to know
That everything you do
Is sacred.

The poem makes the essential connection between our being present and understanding the divine nobility of our being – of all being.  It is in our beingness that we understand this.  Our doingness – all that we think and do – is an activity of Divine Beingness.  It is sacred.

I invite you to take into your daily meditation the intention of coming to a new level of “Nowness” in your daily living.  For it is only in our conscious practice of being present, moment to moment, that we are able to “compute the impossibility that there is anything but Grace.”  The thoughts borne of our past experiences will not tell us this.  The thoughts that were given us as children about the nature of Life will not tell us this.  Simply put, you are here now and that is sacred business!  Each and every moment of your life makes a sacred difference.  Your doingness is always the love of Beingness – God as you.
Now is the time!

Love and Blessings,
Rev. Nancy

P.S.  Please watch our website for news of my upcoming class, “Practicing the Power of Now.” 

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