“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”
This quote is often repeated to motivate, but each time I read it, it cuts like a knife
It makes me feel I’m wasting my one and only wild and precious life away
I have made no elaborate plans, I’m just living from day to day
I feel overwhelmed because there is a sense of urgency in these lines
Telling me to act now, a concrete path for myself define
But the more I ponder over what I want to achieve
The more uncertain I feel, I sincerely want to believe
That there is a path for me, waiting to be found
And that I would find it if I paid attention and looked around..
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As the years go by, I hear time knocking on my door
My days on this planet feel more finite than they did before
I try to pay attention to the world around me
I try to embrace each moment fully
But a plan for the future I have not been able to lay out
When I contemplate my legacy, I am filled with self-doubt
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As I pen down these lines expressing my frustration
All of a sudden, I have this revelation
Perhaps this wild and precious life is meant to be lived in the moment
And making audacious plans for the future is not the intent?
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So let me rephrase, my one wild and precious life would be spent
In being mindful, being fully present in each moment
Passion...unbridled 