Enjoyment of the now

 

Defeat and victory are temporary;

slight failures or successes,

in a doomed timeline called life.

 

Nothing is permanent,

attempts at legacy;

futile at best.

 

What does that leave for us?

Enjoyment of the 'now.'

 

So don't stress,

don't worry,

life's not meant,

to be taken seriously,

or to be at all permanent.

3 thoughts on “Enjoyment of the now

  1. I rather like the sentiment in the poem…I recall a line from a song I heard once when I was so stressed out by life’s goal of gettting to the ‘top’ professionally…it set a new perspective for me then…the line was quite simply…”it seems to me you’re putting yourself out, taking life so seriously”…I have recalled that line year after year when I’ve needed to reset my perspective…I shall place your poem next to it…Cheers!

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