This is real death,
Debilitating, Incapacitating,
This sullen acceptance,
This cowardice devastating.
Self-inflicted slavery.
Yes, Life will give pain,
And make you writhe,
But fear will suffocate,
Until your last breath.
Show some bravery.
All is ephemeral,
Pleasure and Pain,
Love and Hate,
Loss and Gain.
What is there to lose?
Phoney lives we spend,
To convince ourselves, we try,
Rationalize we are happy,
While our hearts cry.
Is this the life you choose?
Stand up,
Let your fears not dare,
Live like you’re dying –
Without a single care.
Be truly fearless, alive.
Do what your heart deems right,
And don’t stop till its done,
Even if the heavens burn,
Let your goal be one.
Show your fears no reprieve.
Be a free man,
Boundless as the sky,
Whatever you do, DO –
Never Ever Try.
Inspired by Charles Bukowski (On whom the movie “Factotum” is loosely based), and countless other men and women who achieved greatness because they showed the courage to face life head-on, on its own terms, as it is, instead of deceiving themselves with comfortable vacuous intellectual justifications for their unhappy existence. They showed the rare quality of true courage. There are rich men, famous men, wise men, intelligent men and powerful men, but great men come only in this one variety.
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