Hello and in today's

the podcast where every day we're getting a little better at life.

I'm your host, Corey Muscarra, and in today's episode,

we're going to talk about being ready for now.

More to come on that in a moment.

First, let's settle and together with the sound of the bells. levels. So I want to share a poem with you reading this.

reading this, be ready by William Stafford.

And I see it as an invitation to really look at how you orient to this moment of your life.

So see how it impacts you at this point in your life.

William writes,

starting here, what do you want to remember?

How sunlight creeps along a shining floor?

What scent of old wood hovers? What softened sound from outside fills the air.

Will you ever bring a better gift for the world than the breathing respect that you carry wherever you go right now?

Are you waiting for time to show you some better thoughts.

When you turn around, starting here, lift this new glimpse that you found, carry into evening all that you want from this day. This interval you

spent reading or hearing this. Keep it for life.

What can anyone give you greater than now? Starting here,

right in this room,

when you.

so let the reverberations of that move through you.

The line I really liked, which felt like such a deep invitation, is the last one, or second to last one. This interval you spent reading or hearing this, keep it for life.

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