The organic presence of loving kindness

This moment is a new moment. 
And the less of myself that I bring to this moment 
as I was before, the better. 

For the less of me that there is here, 
so the more that this moment can be itself 
without so much of my interference. 

I have come home here to a still, quiet place. 
And I turn the lights on here 
to illuminate the way that I am now,
with a precise sensitivity towards the body,
a sense of each cell and molecule 
and the way that they contribute 
to the wholeness of my being here and now. 

And I think of nothing but this for the time being, 
because in a certain sense here in this moment, 
that's all there is: 
a new beginning in this body and this life, 
a new day that will be filled with rich impressions, 
interactions with others, 
relationships that have the potential for joy 
and even perhaps thanksgiving. 

And I realize as I say this, 
and I hear myself saying this, 
that the first premise I need to bring to life 
in order to reap its rich rewards and live it well 
is love and kindness. 

For if I begin with love and with kindness towards others, 
everything else will proceed in a good way. 

And I sense, as I say this to myself, 
that I can already sense the goodness within being, 
and that if I remember the native organic inner presence 
of love and kindness 
that is present deep within being,
that I may be able to bring that goodness which flows into being here 
forth into life 
where it will be of the greatest use to all. 

A good deal of my thinking today will probably be about myself. 
And I hope to abandon much of that 
so that I can be empty enough 
to let this goodness flow in 
and to bring love and kindness forth into being 
for the benefit of everyone who I speak to
everyone who I interact with 
and to bring a decency and a goodness to each thing 
that I do in this life today. 

I'll probably forget some of the time 
and yet each time that I forget 
and I see that 
it's an opportunity for me to come back into relationship 
with the sensation of the body 
and remind myself at that very moment 
that if I begin with love and kindness all over again, 
the good that is already in being will become known.