Running Forward, Crawling Back And Walking Now

Running Forward, Crawling Back And Walking Now

A Poem by Pete
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Both for bodily and mental health, court the present. - Thoreau

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Past, Present, and Future | More than ...

walking cerebral
the past but a fallen hair
breathing emotions



© 2025 Pete


Author's Note

Pete
"In reality, history fluctuates as the face of the landscape from morning to evening. What is of moment is its hue and color. Time hides no treasures; we want not its then, but its now. We do not complain that the mountains in the horizon are blue and indistinct; they are the more like the heavens." - Thoreau

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MCS
Excellent reminder to live each day as if it were our last. We get so caught up in expectancy that we miss the now. Thank you.

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Pete

11 Hours Ago

so true. "You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each m.. read more

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Pete
Pete

Boston, MA



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I love reading, writing, music, nature, God and feeling emotion, not necessarily in that order. To me, these things go hand in hand. My favorite writer is Henry David Thoreau. I think he was a geni.. more..

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