Presence

Presence is a choice 

To stay

It is stillness 

The willingness to meet ourselves

Exactly where we are 

To pause in the middle of the noise

Not to fix

But to feel

The capacity to be with all of ourselves

The ache,

The joy

The confusion

The clarity 

To soften

When everything wants us to brace

To soothe

Without silencing

To allow

Without collapsing 

Presence is not a destination 

But a practice

Presences asks nothing 

But honesty

Can you allow what is here without turning away?

By Tanya Cameron