The Goal Of The Life Poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar

Germs live a life; worms live a life.
So do reptiles; so do mammals.
Life is given; life is taken.
Birth and death of you, you don't set.

The one who set will have a goal
And not the one who is set to act.
What you can do is minimize
Ambitions, desires, risks and hates.

Happiness maximum is a goal.
Suffering minimum is a goal.
No gods can save you a safe death.
Most seers and sages have failed.

Life is dead for want of water,
Food, shelter or helps from danger.
Life is dead due to predators,
Disaster, mishaps or disease.

Raise tolerance; build toughness.
Size your ego; slice your desire.
Humility kills enemies.
Yet is there Fate that defies you.
20.06.2014