It started so long ago I don’t even recall the first hurdle

Climb every mountain, ford every stream. The Von Trapp family took it on the road,

And so did I eventually.

The struggle was to outdo what I’d done before, fight a little higher,

Push myself to rest a little shorter,

Graduate, study, repeat,

Times four or five, 

because less would be lazy

Then it was run a little further, work a little longer.

Guilty taking time to think, 

to breathe

To sit and relax in the sun while watching the waves crash on the distant shore

Seagulls screaming,

Get up, get up, get up.

STOP!!!

Everything has been done, accomplished,

Won.

Learn the art of sitting

While away some time

Do nothing but be

Exist

It’s enough, now 

Pursue the breathe captured within

You are living the dream already, now it’s time to wake up and see the dandelions,

Blow the fluff and watch it go

Be still

Enjoy this life for what it is,

Pursue the moment instead