The world is full of people with problems Problem solving is a unique skill People with problems are not unique You are not unique Leave the world of people with problems behind Begin your journey on planet earth If you are lucky the journey will be long and filled with joyful pain The kind of pain that produces growth unimaginable to those drowning in problems Along your journey you will lose family, friends, pets, and in the end, you will leave with nothing Nothing but the burden of your memories What did you do on your journey? Did you guzzle pleasure uncontrollably? Did you suffocate in problems unimaginatively? Or did you seek balance? Fellow followers of unique living Will tell you to leave fear behind You must abandon fear Fear is no friend of change Change is required for living Living is not required for death Death meets us all in the end Or is it the beginning? The world is full of people with problems Problem solving is a unique skill People with problems are not unique I am not unique I am leaving the world of people with problems behind I am beginning my journey on planet earth If I am lucky the journey will be long and filled with joyful pain The kind of pain that produces growth unimaginable to those drowning in problems Along my journey I have lost family, friends, pets, and in the end, I will leave with nothing Nothing but the burden of my memories What did I do on my journey? For a time, I guzzled pleasure uncontrollably For a time, I suffocated in problems unimaginatively But I always sought balance Fellow followers of unique living Told me to leave fear behind I abandoned fear Fear is no friend of change Change is required for living Living is not required for death Death will meet me in the end Or is it the beginning?
