Presence means I must perceive every touch,
Every microcosmic sway to my body.
It signifies that I am an observer,
Watching my life at varying speeds,
Able to distinguish between the different types,
Comfortable in the places where I would most want to fidget and fuss about.
It is deeper than faith,
Where faith puts so much stock in the unknown.
I make the unknown known,
And redesign it to be mundane,
Simple,
Suitable.
It is shapeable,
Seeable,
Bearable,
Believable.
Presence holds you to higher standards.
It abolishes complaints of all kinds.
There is no such thing as venting.
There is acting,
Responding,
Being productive.
There is sharing and uplifting,
Working on solutions,
Deconstructing meanings and metaphors,
And meeting milestones.
This mission will eclipse any preconceived notions you had of it,
That conundrum of fashioning the future you want,
Yet without the trappings of limited specificity.
The experience of gains is most potently found in the verbally indefinable parts,
The places in your soul or mind where you feel a tectonic shift.
It feels as if you have been hoisted above or deeper within.
There are no road signs and distance indicators,
Yet it is your presence that locates the internal GPS.
It bears no names,
No evident coordinates.
This place is only discoverable by you.
If you wish to share this with others,
They may be able to taste your essence.
However,
Know that this is decidedly yours.
Like the clothing you wear,
You harness this place,
This unique strain of presence,
Your encoded DNA-type proximity to this energetic vortex.
Endure the push and pull smashed up against whitewater rocks,
Whirlpools,
Eddies,
And sinkholes.
You must learn to be the rock,
Be the water,
Be the wind,
And vacillate between these elements at the drop of a dime.
Release the tight grip,
The craven desires,
The suffocation,
The sadness,
The myopia of what you feel is greater than you.
Always remember your place and what you stand for.
You first build yourself within and outside of.
The validation can be a ruse.
How inner wisdom needs no external confirmation,
A self-propelled mechanism.
Fully autonomous,
Intuitive initiative,
You see these days as a gift.
Every breathing moment you are given is sacred.
Take care not to force your will on life's shoulders.
It has greater designs and will laugh at your insolence.
You will be given access,
Yet not take it.
You will be afforded grace,
But not demanded.
You will feel accomplished,
Yet not with conceit.
You will drain yourself into the well of contribution and still be refilled the next day with the world's largesse of adventure.
Presence in listening,
Intending,
Focusing,
Flowing,
And truth.
True to your being,
Your weaknesses tended to.
Your honor in restoring what has been broken,
Lost,
And forgotten.
Your commitment to closing open loops that need finality.
And your courage to leave things hanging where they must show you the power of humble acceptance,
Defeat,
And lack of control.
With spaces of grandiosity,
Such as an expanse of desert for days,
Or a tight long tunnel deep underground embedded beneath miles of hard sediment,
You will not panic.
You will not lose your cool.
You will breathe and absorb the horror and havoc,
The emptiness and claustrophobia.
Solely scenery,
Setting,
Surrounding,
A mirage,
A mind spiral,
Be stolid,
Stoic,
Centered.
You are present,
Receptive to all,
Whether kneeling,
Running,
Or crouched down.
You abide by the tempered motion where you have been pruned,
Have been made a disciple,
A warrior of poise.
You self-pardon,
Weigh your own heart,
A true believer in the unification of all things possible.
I see your eyes have wandered and wondered,
Longed after,
Then left alone,
Fought before,
And fell silent,
Held in your hand,
And later humbly released,
Like a last breath,
A last laugh,
A last request,
Last wish,
Last love,
Last image.
What will be the final thing you see before you pass?
Envision that right here,
Right now,
Right when you fully acknowledge and accept your presence with the pride of a decorated soldier.
You are bestowed this accolade with honor,
Responsibility,
And rightful timing.
This is the new way,
The lighter play,
The smart drive.
Feel into it.
Your presence is unmatched.
Your presence is perfection.
It is pristine and primitive.
Own your presence like a namesake.
It is yours now and forever.
