About the Book BE IN THE PRESENTCome pass the day with me.Sit and absorb the beauty surrounding you.Let your emotions be engulfed by the latent energyOf life, begging to be acknowledged by your smile.Meld with the breezes as they caress your skinAnd the fragrances as they soothe your soul.Unleash the sublimated emotions yearning to be felt, And live, live the life as it was meant to be. About the Author RICHARD G. WANDERMAN, M.D. was born in New York City on April 17, 1943, and grew up in Westchester County, NY. He graduated from Horace Mann School in Riverdale, NY in 1961, Western Reserve University (now Case Western Reserve University) in Cleveland, OH in 1965, and Downstate Medical Center, State University of NY in 1969. He trained in Pediatrics and has had a solo practice for the vast majority of the ensuing years. He has also practiced Clinical Ecology/Environmental Medicine for the past 40+ years and counseling for the past 10. He has lived and practiced on Long Island, NY, in Charleston, WV, and for the past 44 years in Memphis, TN. He is divorced and has 5 children ranging from their 50's to 20's. He has written poetry since his teens and has evolved a philosophical style of free-form poetry. His focus is on emotion and positive attitude which has grown out of people watching and experience. His primary joys in life are his kids and helping others succeed in their life endeavors.