Christopher Hansard:[Life is not a Race]

Life is not a race

to be won or to be endured

it is a path that walks its own way

in the long torn clouds

that caress the Rockies

to the mists in the valleys of Lebanon

to the hedgerow birds

of Devon lanes

to a heart attack

in a time of rest

Life is not a race to be won or endured

Life is a trace of love and consciousness

and if you walk in the flow of Life

your love and consciousness amplifies

its scent is as

wildflowers

in a soft summer breeze

in the greatest catastrophe

there grows a wildflower

after the earthquake

the blossoms

return to bloom

find how your life flows

and walk in its current

know the Life within you

and the rush to win

to fight to conquer

fades

and Life will show you

what you need to do

to turn obstacles into success

and despair into joy

each of us can walk the path of Life

and know the inner self

and see the gift that lives

in each and every one of us