Scattered versus here?

Why are we so scattered?
Being everywhere and not here, scattered
and feeling battered with life and we strive
to overcome our life
Yet we continue in a circle again and again.

A sight
of hope and peace remains
enabling us to live free again
If we could only focus on what's here
instead of the destination
Can we just really be here?
Can we really enjoy the process
and really be here, regardless
of the torturous mind set?
It seems so sad when I see a friend
go so mad
in a cycle of despair
repeating patterns that go nowhere

And I see myself when I see him struggling
and I realize we all are humans
and we are are similarly going
through the same old thing,
no difference, when I really start comparing it within.

When it strikes me hard to see someone not focused
it makes me anxious, it makes me boisterous
But then I see myself in him
and thank him dearly for being a friend
For showing me what inside I've allowed to become a habit
and then gently blow it away and correct these tad-bits

Oh dear Lord nothing is ever coincidental
It all is in divine order
It all is transcendental.
Oh Lord how sweet it is when we can clearly see
all of life's blessings given to us so delicately.

All the things that make us blow up,
heat up, contract, and tense up.
All the things that make us sad,
all the things that break our hearts.
All the things that bring us worry,
bring us fear, make us insecure,
bring us stories
of drama and pain-
can we trully regain our strength?
In this duality of world where two is one
in the end there is a plan.
I believe it all unfolds,
in this life that is magically bold.

All the things I trully am,
I once before was the opposite of
this charm.
Can we turn the loop around?
Are we strong enough somehow
to be here, in the now,
and regardless of how crazy the waves are in the sea,
can we really tap into the profound deep ocean
we're meant to be.