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." - Helen Mallicoat, quoted in Holy Sweat, Tim Hansel, 1987, Word Books Publisher, p. 136