They say I should be thankful for what I’ve got,

And let’s face it, I have got a lot.

But so what?

Equally there is a lot that I have not got!

So, help me understand,

Should I be grateful, or not?

They say everything happens for the best,

If it’s good then fine, if it’s difficult then it’s a test,

Of my endurance, my strengthen, my resolve

A test that will help me evolve.

To become a better person? Humble and accepting?

Not cribbing for more, neither expecting?

Will help build my stamina? Beef up my grit?

What shit!

Look, I am not meek

When slapped I won’t turn the other cheek,

Cause I am not a martyr

I will slap back harder.

I am not the “giving in” type

I don’t believe in the “forgiveness” hype.

I give as good as I get

I owe nobody nothing. I have no debt!

They say it’s all the result of my past karma

That I have taken birth on this terra firma,

And all the good that happens, is based on my good deeds

My struggles, my hardships on my many misdeeds.

So they advise that to ensure a better next life

I should only do good deeds in my present life.

Strange isn’t it that the purpose of this life is to attain

Everlasting happiness in the next, through earthly pain?

I find it difficult to look forward to the “next life”’

When this one is full of pain and strife,

So I’ll continue to live life in my own way

Laughing or crying, living day to day.

Not worrying about what the future holds for me.

For “whatever will be, will be “.

Deepak Jhangiani

Mobile: 98204 27398.