Waves of Life

The nature of life is to create situations

That test and tease and stretch one’s wits

And most of us have learnt to be teased and stretched

But few have mastered how to take its hits.

Like waves, situations come and go

Once their energy has done their thing -

Some get caught in their ebb and flow

And hit by the debris they sometimes bring

But some learn to ride the waves

And they too are tossed and turned

Yet when the waves have exhausted themselves

They come back stronger with what they’ve learned

Of all the preparations needed to face these things

There’s a preparation that’s done within

Which when mastered becomes the best skill

That even in loss helps one to win

If one faces situations all excited and wrought

He could come out a winner sometimes

But it’s not the easy battles that really count

What counts are the ones that beat us at times.

There is a way, an art of living and being

Where each loss or defeat teaches how to be calm

And that’s the most valued lesson one must learn

And carry like an offering in his palm.

- rajyogi