In This Life

In this life

You will experience suffering.

 

A suffering so intense

You will find it difficult to lift your eyes.

 

In this life

You will do what you can.

 

Some things that you do

Are things for which you will never be forgiven.

 

Some things you do

Will be things for which you will always be remembered.

 

And you will likely never come to know

Which is which.

 

In this life

Those around you will say a thing

That will shatter your heart into pieces.

 

It may have been said directly to you

Or to one who is close to you.

 

In this life

You will be in a state of peace and comfort.

When suddenly an event from the past

Will appear in your memory.

 

And the pain of that event

Will stop you in your tracks.

 

In this life

You will move through times of extreme ignorance.

 

During these times

Your ignorance will convince you

That you are correct.

 

In this life

You will be insulted by a stranger,

Shunned by a friend,

And ignored by a family member.

 

In these times

You will blame yourself.

 

In this life

You will experience times of joy

And success.

 

You will also experience times of sorrow

And failure.

 

Both of these times

Will feel like they will last forever.

 

In this life

You will view your relationships

In a different way

Than you did long ago.

 

In some ways

They may mean less to you.

In some ways,

More.

 

In this life

You will not know

What to do

Or which way to go.

 

And you will grasp at every advice

In order to find direction.

 

This advice

Will almost always

Lead you in a direction

That turned out not to be ideal.

 

In this life

You will begin to question

Whether you truly know anyone at all.

 

For the one you thought you knew

Would not say or do

What they said or did.

 

In this life

Perhaps you may come to realize

That you never knew life

At all.

 

Namaste.