" 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, ...
true.. good one... we end at the beginning. we begin at the end..
ReplyDeletenice one Sarab!!:)
thanks Jayanth... :)
Deleteits not the end, its the beginning of a new life ...nice :)
ReplyDeleterightly said Surbhi...thanks... :)
DeleteThis is beautifull..I would have loved to see it without picture.. excellent haiku and thought..
ReplyDeletelol...thanks a lot RS... :)
DeleteI have responded.. my haiku is 2-5-2..done deliberately..I wanted say maximum in minimum words after writing chains of haiku for months now.. it is OK as long as it is less than 17 syllables.. and it shows..thanks any way for being elert.. you pointed right based on what you understand of haiku..thanks..
ReplyDeleteroger that sir... :) \m/
DeleteThe cycle of life beautifully described!
ReplyDeletethanku so much Gemma... :)
Deletesensual and true to life ~ thanks, namaste, ^_^
ReplyDeletethanku Carol... :)
DeleteBeautiful, provocative haiku. Thank you
ReplyDeletethanks Ellecee...you're welcome... :)
DeleteAn excellent take at the prompt! Eternal truth... :)
ReplyDeletethanku so much Pranita... :)
DeleteThat's a beautiful thought !
ReplyDeletethanks a lot Abhinav... :)
DeleteAwesome Haiku :) :D.
ReplyDeleteMan you are an expert :D :).
Hats off :).
Ps. I have a small award for you :D :). http://sweetsomethingz.blogspot.in/2012/04/awesomeness-personified.html
thanku so much Poo...but still I've not forgotten that who put me into this...thanks a lot Poo... :)
Deletethanks for the award...I'll catch you for it at your page... :)
Nice take on cycle of life ~
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thanks Grace... :)
DeleteSuperb. Keep it up.
ReplyDeletethanks a lot ES... :)
DeleteAnd such is the cycle of life.
ReplyDeleteindeed... :)
DeleteThoughtful one!....Beautifully penned :)
ReplyDeletethanku so much Valli... :)
Deletethe cycle of birth and death... nice haiku man...
ReplyDeleteThanku so much Tarun... :)
Deletebeautifully done:)
ReplyDeletemy take: http://njn-sorceress.blogspot.in/
thanks IS... :)
Deletenice... though the phrase 'get laid' invokes mixed reactions :)
ReplyDeleteyeaahhh...in a way actually it does... :)
Deleteyour are super incredible with haikus:)
ReplyDeletethanku so much Elli... :)
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