i awaken today in the land of my origin, in the state of my birth, in the room and bed of early childhood dreams and imagination with this intention arising and realized with a ride down a well worn trail, a memory lane seen today with fresh eyes as if for the first time and the thousandth time all rolled into one…

smiling, i re-member Ram Das’s quip about thinking you’re enlightened until you return home…

yes, these words of His Holiness pictured above are something to be practiced every moment of every day along with my current mantra…

may i meet this moment fully as a friend…