Real LIfe

It makes me itchy when I hear people say things like, "Be in the now."  Of course this is a brilliant idea.  But this idea is different than what is happening right now.  Like right now I am very full.  My belly feels full and it is full.  This is not an idea.  And the fullness of it, pressing against my skin allows me to feel this moment.  

This is now, but it is also life.  When I think about now, I think not of the whisper of leaves falling to the ground or the sound of silence, but of my stomach-full.  

Now.