Life’s A-wastin’
Your earthly life is so very short. So do not waste any of it.
This conscious stream of thought strings along my morning jog.
Keeping company as I negotiate the twists and turns of my rote.
And invariably of the ups and downs of daily living, too.
A casual admonition constantly hammered in our minds.
Most expectedly for those of us in the twilight of our years.
Rivulets of counsel feed the besieging river on the subject.
Perchance we may be off-footed what this beatitude is.
Why seekest thou rest (and pleasure), since thou art born to labor?
We hear a’ Kempis chime in with such serious tone and sense.
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So, we ask ourselves this itchy question.
How is life then wasted or not wasted?