we struggle anxiously tumultuously tirelessly

trying to get something trying to become something

 

we take for granted the grand gift of life

the infinite vastness of the world

the immeasurable abundance

 

since we value what we worked hard for

we work hard so that we can value something

effectively conditioning our sense of wellness on our degree of struggle

 

since we value what we don’t have

we effectively render ourselves poor

destitute of “value” in life

 

since we value what we can’t have

we refuse to accept what we fail to appreciate

 

this spiritual poverty transcend the psyche and manifests in our lives

we lose ability to see

even if we were to stumble upon a goldmine

we’d just walk away from it, cursing our bad fortune