Why does it take a lifetime To gain the wisdom that we seek We spend most of our life so foolishly Full of arrogance and pride Thinking nothing can really hurt us Our youth and strength on our side It is only when we are broken When we don't have the strength When we must yield to others When the world changes so much We need need help to navigate it When we spend time in hospitals When our mortality is closer to us When death visits us too often When are bodies betray us Minds becoming more easily confused We thought we'd have more time But it all went so fast Leaving us looking at an old person in the mirror A wiser soul now than in our youth As the passions have cooled Knowing we won't win every argument Wanting to surround ourself with peace rather than just excitement Taking time to look at the world instead of just being busy in it Realizing that kindness is a much precious commodity than intelligence will ever be
What blows me out is the fact that as little children we love the simple things: butterflies, the feel of the waves tickling our feet, laughing till it hurts.
Then we become worldly aware and get sucked into wanting to have everything we are told we 'need' from it.
Only to realize - we had it right in the first place🤷♀
