My name is I AM

I was regretting the past
and fearing the future.
Suddenly my Lord was speaking:

 "My name is I Am." He paused.
I waited. He continued,
"When you live in the past,
with its mistakes and regrets,
it is hard. I am not there.
My name is not I Was.

 When you live in the future,
with its problems and fears,
it is hard. I am not there.
My name is not I Will Be.

 When you live in this moment,
it is not hard. I am here.
My name is I Am."

 Author Helen Mallicoat

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