This morning, while walking to pick up coffee (cappuccinos, flat whites, and lattes have become an enjoyable early morning weekend treat tradition for me and my wife), I was struck by a thought that quickly morphed into a sort of poem, and I’ve decided to share it with you here. The thought began earlier today while journaling after meditation. I wrote down, “I have nothing and I am everything. Every little thing fills me up completely, but just momentarily. And for that moment, that IS who I am, totally.” While walking to and from caffeine collection, the following words took shape:

I Am Everything
I have nothing
&
I am everything.

Every thing
fills me up.

I have nothing
&
I am everything.

I am this feeling
&
I am this cup.

I am This
for just a moment,
another moment something new.

I have nothing
&
I am everything.

In this moment,
I am you.

The Venn diagram above represents the variety of momentary “things” manifesting in the full spectrum of color while also unified by a certain emptiness (or fullness?) in the center. When I am speaking to you, I am you (a shade of color), when I am feeling a pain in my back or the pleasure of tasting ice cream, I am that feeling (another shade of color), and when I hold a cup in my hand and really look at it, I am that cup (yet another shade of color). The colors are all different visibly and the same invisibly. This notion may be helpful in that it emphasizes the fleeting nature of thoughts and feelings that may feel uncomfortable or even unbearable (they are you, but just in this moment), as well as the immensity of the little things that may seem insignificant (in this moment, they are you).

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