each
makes his path
his
small path
quickly
overgrown
but
leading him slowly
to
where he is going
which
is not
where
he is planning to go
and
when the last vine
or
bamboo is cut
he
emerges into a clearing
each
into a different
clearing
where
some are met
by
cannibals some by lovers
some
by friends
and
some by nothing
except
a clearing
a
sky with stars at night
and
by day an unexpected
view
of the next hill
which
is reason enough
for
the long journey
more
than reason enough
And so we each meet our fate, which we should learn to appreciate for what it is. Whether we try to change it or not for the future, why not appreciate the unique beauty it offers you now? Even if it's not with you ultimately want for your life, as this poem points out, there is beauty and value to be found in where you are in the here and now, and it's of tremendous value to learn to see and feel it instead of just the lack of something else.
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