Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Dispatch Number 42 -A Lifetime

It takes a lifetime for
a man to find himself
a lifetime of music, love, food, travel
a lifetime to begin to know himself

It takes a lifetime to drive every car
to listen to all the music
to learn to love, whether with one or many
it takes a lifetime

to meet all the people
to travel and see the people
to read books you think are the ones for you

we spend half our lifetimes trying to learn how to live
and the other half learning what a joke the first half is when lived that way
it takes a lifetime
for a man to find himself

a lifetime of great coffees and wines
if you are in the wrong town it takes a lifetime to find a good meal
it takes a lifetime to make all those plans and goals
and a lifetime to watch most of them float by like leaves on a slow moving river
it takes a lifetime

we may have a lifetime, but this is the only moment we really possess
no future, no past
it takes a lifetime
for a man to find himself

it takes a lifetime to understand surrender
it takes 1/2 a lifetime to understand what truth can do for you
it takes a lifetime for a man to find himself

a lifetime to learn not to hold your mistakes against yourself
and a lifetime not to hold them against others
it takes a lifetime to see a reflection of yourself
and a lifetime to be comfortable with what you see

it takes a lifetime to see how fast we learn and a lifetime
to see how slow we can learn
it takes a lifetime to establish a routine
and a lifetime to realize we are at our most vibrant when that routine is broken

It takes a lifetime for a man to find himself

David

Uvita, Costa Rica

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