As a retiree, I've climbed off the treadmill of work, but still find myself searching for meaning and accomplishment. How much baggage are you trying to lose and what kind? The competition next to you, faster, better, slower, quitting sooner staying longer? The treadmill of life can leave you feeling good, feeling successful, but at times can leave you tired and worn out. There shouldn’t be to many “oops” since they are disastrous. Well done.Įxcellent comparison since we all compete on the treadmill of life. This is an exceptional and thoughtful write that offers much for the reader to contemplate. The hedonic treadmill is the idea that an individual's level of happiness, after rising or falling in response to positive or negative life events, ultimately tends to move back toward where it. We can't have pleasure without knowing pain. oh well, this is how i experienced your poem, mr. as rumi says, what you seek is seeking you. answers do come in the absence of the struggle. Unless you are one of those that does believe in phantasy, even though they say it is false.? LOL Why we must always look forward from today.ĭidn't you know? Time travel to the past is not a thing of fantasy, Powerful insight into life and the future. Through broad sweeping strokes of the pen you have touched on what is essential and what is the reality so many caught up in endless repetition and routine that only the occasional upheaval of life can change and give reality to. Please share your thoughts with others and the poet.Ī very interesting survey of life as we know it.
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