Staying Present

I’m working with many of my clients about how to stay present. This poem is a delightful commentary.

Don’t forget, 
my love, 
to live. 
Don’t forget 
to bury 
your toes in sand 
and leave the car keys 
and laugh at oddities. 
Don’t forget to marvel 
and feel despair, 
to sense danger 
and run from it. 
Don’t forget 
to take chances, 
to climb mountains 
that no one believed 
you could climb. 
Don’t forget 
to love yourself, 
all of you, 
from every season 
and every place, 
because you never know 
when they will 
come knocking for 
a cup of coffee 
and an overdue hug. 
Don’t forget 
that you are alive 
right now 
until you won’t be, 
and even then, 
don’t forget 
how beautiful 
it was to 
call yourself Home. 

Kaitlin B. Curtice, “What Our Seasons Teach Us,” Oneing 11, no. 2, Falling Upward (Fall 2023): 95–96