I've realised just how much we take our health for granted, and also - had time to think about who and what are the important things in life. It's at times like these that you learn who your real friends are.
I'm pretty ashamed to look back and think about what things that I used to get wound up about, whilst not really making the time or taking the effort over the things that actually matter. We're all so caught up on the treadmill / hamster wheel of life - and that's a situation we should try and avoid. I'm certainly trying to change my ways.
I got sent this poem a while back... I think it sums up what I'm trying to say far better than I'll say it!
Have you ever watched kids on a merry-go-round?
Or listened to the rain
Slapping on the ground?
Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight?
Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?
You better slow down.
Don't dance so fast.
Time is short.
The music won't last.
Do you run through each day on the fly?
When you ask how are you?
Do you hear the reply?
When the day is done
Do you lie in your bed
with the next hundred chores
running through your head?
You better slow down.
Don't dance so fast.
Time is short.
The music won't last.
Ever told your child
we'll do it tomorrow?
And in all you haste,
No see his sorrow?
Ever lost touch,
Let a good friendship die
Cause you never had time
to call and say 'Hi'
You better slow down.
Don't dance so fast.
Time is short.
The music won't last.
When you run so fast to get somewhere
You miss half the fun of getting there.
When you worry and hurry through your day
It is like an unopened gift.....
Thrown away
Life is not a race.
Do take it slower.
Hear the music
Before the song is over.
I'm afraid I've no idea who wrote it... but I think it is beautiful...
2 comments:
That is so true.
I was just telling my mom how people take their helth for granted.
Beautiful poem!
Thank you.
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