LIFE Poem

Life…..
….comes at you fast. If you blink, you miss it. Before you know it, what you thought was normal changes.
Life…..
….is what you make of it. You can make all the plans in the world but ultimately the present moment is all you have.
Life…..
….teeters between meaning and meaninglessness in every moment. It’s a fine thread that holds it all together.
Life…..
….is what you learn is important when there’s a birth or a death in the family. All other obligations pale in comparison.
Life…..
….is the greatest gift and the most important endeavor we will ever undertake. Life must be met with Love.
Life…..
….makes its grand entrance and exit in similar quiet ways. Its importance is forgot about until it’s robbed right before your eyes.
Life…..
….is in the water you drink and the air you inhale. Life happens to you without any effort of your own.
Life…..
….is what’s happening in the present moment right in front of you. Life is in the beating hearts next to you, not in the dead possessions you cherish.
Life…..
….is found in the ever-present, ceaselessly-eternal, all-encompassing Now. There’s no Life in the past or future.
Life…..
….unfolds effortlessly. It doesn’t ask for our help or need our input. Life gets along just fine without our assistance.
Life…..
….can best be described as the Love we share and the connections we make. Our level of meaning parallels our Love.
Life…..
….is rarely found hiding from us. It’s right in front of us waiting to be noticed and always whispering our name.
Life…..
….is what you think will last forever, until it doesn’t. Knowing it could be over at any second, how can you ever be bored?
Life…..
….and death are two sides to the same coin; similar to awake and asleep. Neither one is considered bad or good; there is joy either way.
Life…..
….feels like forever when you’re young, it feels like an instant when you’re old. Life is eternity when you stay in the Now.
Life…..
….is not your job, your mortgage, your car payment, your retirement plan, or your entertainment. Life is only the Now.
Life…..
….begins and ends in your mind. You are your thoughts and what you choose to believe. Your mind is either your joy or your hell.
Life…..
….gives and takes with no regard to your status or the balance in your bank account. It leaves it up to you to make it meaningful.
Life…..
….takes no stock in your race, your religion, your voting preference, or your favorite sports team. Life gives freely to all.
Life…..
….is to be lived moment by moment soaking in all it has to offer. It meets you in the moment every time.
Life…..
….is in every cell, atom, and quark. There’s constant living and dying that permeates through everything in the universe.
Life…..
….gives you the illusion of choice as though you are in control, but are you? Doesn’t your hand scratch your nose without your control?
Life…..
….continuously draws you in like a moth to a flame. Your mind tries to numb or dull Life’s purpose but you’re always drawn to it.
Life…..
….is best shared with those you love and grows deeper and richer each and every day with time spent in communion together.