Losing track means losing...

Friendships come and go. People come and go. Disappointments from these connections are inevitable. At times they will disappoint you, hurt you, take you for granted. At times it's you who is doing these things to them. We are all human. Sometimes we get caught up in our own life, our own BS, our own stuff that we overlook someone's kindness or generosity or loyalty...we take it for granted. Sometimes we leave things to be said or done "later on" or tomorrow... But can we be intuitive (or "IN-TUNE") enough to life and be able to recognize this as a sign that we are NOT living in the PRESENT? That we are not living IN and FOR the moment? I know there's a lot of talk about "living in the now" and it may sound too "Zen" like or too "granola bar" mumbo jumbo to some people. But as corny and fluffy as it may be to some, there is nothing closer to the truth. We lose track of time and in turn lose a lot of things along the way as well...like people who mean something to us, opportunities that only come knocking once--twice if we're lucky...and quite frankly, TIME. When we lose track of time, we lose just that--time. Time is the luxury we don't have forever. And there's nothing worse than reaching the end of your road and having deep regrets over things that you should have done, people you should have paid more attention to, moments you should have grasped or created. I'm not perfect...but I can say that I do love eating me some granola bars, preferably while I listen to my Buddha Bar Zen music playlist...