🌷 One Day At A Time…
Poetess: Tilottama Vijay Lele

They say we need to visit three places
Then only we'll know d Life's nuances

Hospital-Prison-Cemetery we've to visit
Before we can claim to understand life

Till date it might be one of d truest things
That anyone in life has ever told us…

Visiting hospital we learn a new lesson
That body is our soul’s extension…

Body is an intricately designed machine
We've to take great care to maintain it

Only then it'll work over d time…
To function it smoothly for Life-time

So nothing's more vital than d body.
Happiness-quotient is dependant on it.

Visiting prison we learn another lesson
That freedom is d ultimate destination

It's most worthy than other stuff we chase
Things come n go, but freedom stays…

If we've everything but not freedom,
We won't be able to enjoy our 'kingdom'

At d cemetery we learn a different lesson
It's something quieter n heavier burden…

That life doesn’t last as long as we like
Life is short, we need to fully live it

D very ground we’re standing on today
Will be someone’s resting place tomorrow

None of us know what is coming…
So our days of life we've to stop wasting

A Thought that can keep us grounded,
‘In d world, today is someone's last day’

D thought alone has a way of shrinking
Of hours earlier whatever was upsetting

Whenever we remember that thought,
Nothing's worth energy we're giving about 

Perspective has a way to put things back
In their respective places if we let it take

So now we need to try to put our energy
Into things that we control as a priority

Taking care of own health on d days,
Even when we don’t feel that way…

If there’s one thing to believe deeply,
We don't need an approval to be happy

We need to build our wiser-version
Take one day at a time without tension

🌷@Tilottama Vijay Lele
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