When we read these powerful words, and remember how they were so beautifully set to music by Seeger and others, we often think of the passing time of our lives -- a time to be born, to die, to build up, to break down, to laugh, to weep, to mourn, to dance, and other phases and transitions we experience.
Today I challenge you to think of these phases and transitions from inside your heart, not what is going on around you and about you. If we think from inside our hearts, we lose the concept of past and future and focus intently on the here and now. Our hearts are very intune to the present. We use the word 'pulse' to describe the frequency of our heart beats, and the rhythm and speed of our pulse signals us to how we are feeling and experiencing life at the present moment.
Rhythms are found everywhere, most noticeably with a tide or a river. The rhythm of water is said to "flow". Our blood is also said to "flow" -- doctors say that our blood flows through the heart and the body.
Thinking from the heart causes us to really experience and feel the present moment, and to realize how precious each heartbeat is, how defined and exact and purposeful it is right this minute, and what a great mystery the future is.
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