You shouldn’t want it all by Piet Hein
You shouldn’t want it all
You are only one part
You own a world in the world
You need to make it whole
Choose just one path,
and be as one with it.
Other paths must wait.
We always come back.
Don’t hide from troubles.
Confront them here and now.
Finiteness is the very thing,
That makes it all worthwhile.
This is the Now you must be,
do and submit to.
That is finiteness,
We never come back.
Bio
Piet Hein (1905- 1996) was a Danish mathematician, designer, inventor, poet, author and polymath. He wrote short poems known as grooks and often wrote under the Old Norse pseudonym of Kumbel meaning tombstone.
“To bestow form on your life is, literally, to practise the existential art of living, which is only possible if we are willing to miss out on other things. If your life takes a certain form., it follows logically that it cannot take a myriad of others – you miss out on them.” ~ Svend Brinkmann, The Joy of Missing Out
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Lovely piece, well worthy of reflection. Reminded me of a comedy piece that I heard on the radio years ago where someone said, “you can’t have it all– where would you put it?” Still rings so true!
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Thank you. Yes it’s so true right 🙂 Where would you put “it all”…and also having more of everything means more worry and responsibility to keep it all safe and sound 😉 Thank you for stopping by and your comment. I have gone to your blog you have some wonderful stories there so have followed you now 🙂
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A great pleasure! thank you
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Lovely insight, this one. Wanting it all only brings further heartache down the line – because you CAN’T have it all!
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That’s it! It is deeply comforting to just let go of what you don’t have and be content with what you do. The problem is our constant bombardment with ads all designed to get into our psyche and give us fomo. I definitely feel more happy with what I have since I don’t watch TV and use an ad blocker in my browser while watching things online. No ads helps for reducing fomo for sure
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