....excerpts in between the story: beautifully written short story: should read this!

Too many people are living tomorrow, or yesterday to notice that Now is the time we have.So much that is now is the same as it has ever been, or the same as it will ever be, but we can miss it if we do not look.We can travel only seeing what we expect to or have been conditioned to see. If we stop, allow our eyes to see the details of our existence, forget time,We can allow the thoughts to provoke memory, and metaphor, to describe the beauty of life in poetry, picture, and music, and point to some of the things people might find their own poetry in.

Hi Pokkets,
the way you had responded is a poetry in itself! we need to open our eyes to the present: yes, we need to stop, gather ourselves and just look at the present and enjoy its beauty!

That is right. The present is in itself a present. The present we receive every morning when we open our eyes.