Where have I been? What have I been doing?

Despite the rumors, I am not dead. I am not sad nor am I lonely. I am not mad. I am not even very busy.

This is what I've been contemplating:

When you start on a long journey, trees are trees, water is water, and mountains are mountains. After you have gone some distance, trees are no longer trees, water no longer water, mountains no longer mountains. But after you have travelled a great distance, trees are once again trees, water is once again water, mountains are once again mountains.

This was said to me by someone who was studying the Zen teachings. It reminded me of: "The past and the future. The future. The past. The future and the past."

I am here. I have not left you. Guy is here too. He says Hello.