Read or listen to this remarkable poem that, in its own way, can help you understand the meaning of your life.
Opening excerpt:
have you ever wondered
have you ever really wondered
have you ever wondered that you got here
just here
right here and nowhere else
have you
have you ever really wondered
that you got to be here
and not any place else
not here this room
not here this street
not here this district, city, country
not here this planet, galaxy, world
no, no
have you never really wondered
yes, really wondered that we got here
that we all got to be here
not just that we got this great and giddy gift of human life
so easily, so stupidly, so often
left unwrapped
no
have you ever really wondered
have you ever really wondered
that
the whole indescribable, unquantifiable, immeasurable
stuff
of situations good and bad
people, places, past and present
one after another after another after another after
got to be here
instead of nothing
nothing at all
where once we can imagine was just nothing at all
here in actual fact there is you
there is me
there is all of this
all of this incomprehensibly incredible unfolding
defying all description
and eradicating the possibility
anhialating the actuality
of nothing
nothing at all
there is something here
there is something happening
and you are a part of it
in fact
for you
you are the central part
the part around which all other parts turn and spin
all spinning and turning around you
around you
you no less
than me
Opening excerpt:
have you ever wondered
have you ever really wondered
have you ever wondered that you got here
just here
right here and nowhere else
have you
have you ever really wondered
that you got to be here
and not any place else
not here this room
not here this street
not here this district, city, country
not here this planet, galaxy, world
no, no
have you never really wondered
yes, really wondered that we got here
that we all got to be here
not just that we got this great and giddy gift of human life
so easily, so stupidly, so often
left unwrapped
no
have you ever really wondered
have you ever really wondered
that
the whole indescribable, unquantifiable, immeasurable
stuff
of situations good and bad
people, places, past and present
one after another after another after another after
got to be here
instead of nothing
nothing at all
where once we can imagine was just nothing at all
here in actual fact there is you
there is me
there is all of this
all of this incomprehensibly incredible unfolding
defying all description
and eradicating the possibility
anhialating the actuality
of nothing
nothing at all
there is something here
there is something happening
and you are a part of it
in fact
for you
you are the central part
the part around which all other parts turn and spin
all spinning and turning around you
around you
you no less
than me