We Rest

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60050
United States
42° 19' 20.2944" N, 88° 18' 16.1676" W

And the winner is...
Not you.
The person who keeps his head above the rest.
The person who needs to have praise.
The person who looks for the prize at the end of the road.
There is no winner.

As the days go on, the race becomes more meaningless.
What is it that people strive to achieve?
We the people have become so tuned to the money we crave.
Become so tuned to the want to have security in our finances.
To have something to always fall back on.
But, I ask, when did we finally start living life?

The cycle is continuous.
Welearnwesleepwegrowwesleepwework.
Doctors, Lawyers, Clerks, Accountants.
But where does life begin?

Somewhere along the line our love grows for another.
We share our love with one other person.
Does love extend from this single bond?
Can we keep our love within the confines of a small abode?
Life was made for love.

Can we share a life with one other person if we don’t love?
Everything we do needs passion behind it.
If it’s not there, what is its purpose?
We work to help people.
We work to change the world.
We work to nurture life.
We work for the love of life.

Life was made for the sake of love.
We learn what we love.
We sleep.
We grow to love.
We sleep.
We work for love.
We rest.

The winner is not you,
There is no winner.
There is only life.
The life of the person who loves.
The people who live their lives with love in their souls.
The love we give is the prize we receive.
There is only life.

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