My present to you

Now, we all know there is a past, but what we tend to overlook is it can only be observed from the present, or in hindsight The same goes for the future It can only be imagined or extrapolated from the present with a bit of foresight of course Which leads to a curious question, Is the present where everything begins? Sounds ridiculous and counterintuitive because Yesterday was yesterday, and tomorrow will be tomorrow And honestly I agree, but only when viewed from today All right, let’s scale this up a little Let’s go all the way back not to the Big Bang or creation or any of that mad stuff, I mean way before, to the moment something, anything, first came to be Where did that absolute point come from? I promise, I’ll get to that presently But first, let’s jump ahead way ahead into the future To the end of all ends the point where nothing else can come after, Yeah that should be far enough Okay, back to my promise to explain the point where everything starts and ends Well it should be pretty obvious by now, Everything starts in its own present. The past was full of presents the future will be too And the most important part you/me as conscious observers bridge it all together with our perception of present time So there you have it, Infinity and eternity once thought to be endless and originless all explained in one fell swoop, by some guy with a very questionable imagination By now it’s quite possible or highly likely you’re thinking Come on! I wasn’t born yesterday! and that’s ok Because I might die tomorrow and still be the centre of attention present starts and ends our future only extends whilst the past depends By David Kavanagh