" A marathon takes roughly 45,000 steps to complete. No matter how joyous, repetitive, monotonous or painful each step may be, it takes every one of those steps to reach the distance of 42.195 km. The marathon doesn’t care if a single step was powerful, weak, short, long or devoid of energy. The marathon is incomplete if even one step is missing. Every step taken, regardless of how reluctant, tired, energetic or lackluster it may be, cannot be retaken or repeated as the same version of oneself from that instance. Every step counts. Similarly, an average person will live to 80 years of age, which is 4,160 weeks or 29,200 days. No matter how joyous, repetitive, monotonous or painful each day may be, it takes every one of those days to complete one’s life. Life doesn’t care if a single day was bad, sad, happy, productive or lazy. End of one’s life cannot be reached if even one day is missing. Every day lived, regardless of how disconnected, absent, lost, unfulfilled, unhappy, ...
Love the first haiku a lot..! Motherly love... bliss of the highest form! :)
ReplyDeleteAw, I love the first one, and the picture with it. Beautiful.
ReplyDeleteVery loving moment caught by your words...I think we should always remember them ~
ReplyDeleteI liked both of them....Both are very true! Very thoughtful one!
ReplyDeleteCute cute cute :)
ReplyDeleteRespects for the first haiku!,thank you for writing it!
ReplyDeleteVery true and thought provoking ! :-)
ReplyDeleteNice haiku. What a sweet photo. Very touching.
ReplyDeleteblissful :)
ReplyDeleteEternal truths they are..don't know why we become pessimist.
ReplyDeleteGems ~~
ReplyDeleteDay 24 ~~ Rapture of Color
Ah ! Short and sweet! An eternal truth that we forget
ReplyDeleteGood job! Loved reading your Haiku!
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