"I AM!"

I was regretting the past and fearing the future.
Suddenly my Lord was speaking.
"My name is I AM."
He paused......I waited.
He continued, "When you live in the past, with its mistakes and regrets, it is hard.
I AM not there.
My name is not I WAS.
When you live in the future, with its problems and fears, it is hard.
I AM not there.
My name is not I WILL BE."
When you live in this moment, it is not hard,
I am here.
My name is I AM.

--Author unknown.

Fr. Pete