“Though the world is torn and shakenEven if your heart is breakin’It’s waiting for you to awakenSomeday you willLearn to be still.”—Eagles, Learn to Be Still
An Unsatisfying Present
Throughout life, we are conflicted about the present moment. As children, we long for the freedom of adulthood; as adults, we envy the carefree ease of childhood. Whether romanticising the past or exalting the future, we often wish to be someplace other than here, now.