Finish school at 18
Get a degree at 22
Get another at 23
Get a job at 24
Get a promotion at 26
Get married at 28
Be a parent at 30
Be a parent again at 32
Be a parent again at 34
Ok stop that should be enough
Be the CEO at 35
See the world before 40
Retire at 60
Then, what?
Visit places of worship
Do the things you did not have time to do
Oh wait, but now, you have no energy
Oh wait, but now, you no longer have the body of a young person
Oh wait, but now, you no longer have the same fire within you as you did 40 years ago
Oh wait, but now, you tire easily
Numbers
Numbers
Numbers
What will people say?
What will your parents say?
What will your relatives say?
What will your friends say?
What will your future self say?
Timelines
Timelines
Timelines
Suffer in silence
Kill your soul
Kill your inner fire
Killer your passions
All in the pursuit of timelines
All in the pursuit of the future
The future
When is it?
What is it?
Something which has not transpired
The now
The present
Right now
There is more joy there
There is more peace there
There is more contentment there
The now allows your brilliance to shine
The now allows your soul to shine
The now allows you to live in alignment
In alignment with your highest good
In alignment with your highest self
In alignment with the Divine
Your soul whispers
Listen to your inner voice
Shine your light
Use your inner power
Use what is within you
Close your ears to the blah blah blah
Timelines are ego
Timelines are anxiety
Timelines are depression
What do you choose?
The past or the present?
The future or the present?
The calling of your own soul or that of others?
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