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We’re all important in different and various ways
But we shouldn’t ever get to caught up in our own significance
or self-importance
Whatever we believe, we are transient

Whatever pigeon hole, box or compartment of our lives, we are transient

Friends, strong friends, we may bump into but rarely do we seek or
be sought out with any regularity
We hear ourselves say “we should do this more often”
but we rarely do
We are all guilty

Work environments, once left, people quickly fade
An acknowledgement that the world moves on
Quite rightly so
We are transient

Even with families, that most permanent of connections,
time erodes any permanence 
Most can remember our parents and even grandparents
but how much beyond that
We are all of us, transient

Our lives are relatively short, for most our legacy is even shorter
Very few people have any form of permanence in history
This doesn’t mean we are irrelevant 

To the contrary
We can be important and influential in a number of ways
It’s important to remember 
Who you are
What you are
How you are

Be true to yourself but know life for what it is 
In not so many years, no one will know any of this


Copyright © Tony Bowkis

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