BEING PRESENT

We are here, but we are not here
We are present, but we are not present
We are part, but we are not a part
We are listening, but we are not listening
We are talking, but we are not talking
We are calling, but we are not calling
We are all in, but we are not in at all
We are texting, but there is no text
We are emailing, but there is no mail
We are talking loudly, but there is no sound
We are saying things, but they sound like tapioca pudding

When it all comes back…
I am praying, but I am not praying
I am connecting, but I am not connecting
I am there, but I am not there.
It might be time to reset and recalibrate our complete systems. We must move from system and habit to reality… whatever it takes. Distraction is death. If we are not present…we are dead. If we are not present we are deceiving others and ourselves.

“Couldn’t you watch with me even one hour?” Jesus