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Hustle and Bustle

Working Hard for What?

By Anthony TerryPublished 2 months ago 3 min read
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Hustle and Bustle
Photo by Daniel Chekalov on Unsplash

The hustle and bustle of the 9 to 5 grind.

It never ends and never gives us a break.

We sweat and we grind for what sort of outcome?

We work for the job and we work to get paid.

Is there a process in place or are we all fake?

Walking around not knowing what we're doing.

Running a rat race that never slows down.

Holding in first place always coming in last.

It's confusing I know trying to win when you lose.

Trying to be first but always coming in last.

The standards we're held to just seem to be growing?

What were the numbers last week?

Where they higher than before?

It doesn't matter how you are feeling all the counts is the stats.

A.I. could do better so why even try?

Keep up the grind daily or you'll fall far behind.

It's a race you have to wake up and run or be left behind.

You don't have a choice if you are going to make it in life.

I say this all in desperation of not wanting to waste my life.

I have so many ideas and words I'm trying to say.

But if I'm stuck behind a desk would I ever have time to say what I want to.

Let me get this off my chest, and say a few things I've been thinking.

It's time to get outside and expolore the world and find its beauty.

It's time to see some new scense and escape the city.

The beautiful waterfall whoopsing down the side of the cliff.

Or the calm sunset as it hides behind the mountain tips off in the distance.

There's no limit to what it may be or what you will find.

Just step out from behind the screen of your social media phone.

It leaves us depressed and less conected even though we have everything at our finger tips.

We survived before and we could survive after.

This great apocolypse we are living through.

The dark ages of technology, where eveything is lit up yet we are all depressed.

We just need time to slow down and foget about the grind.

Now don't hear me say it's not important to work.

Working is great and you need to support yourself and your family.

But you must find balance.

Balance in life is an important thing to staying healthy.

You need balance to be healthy and you need balance to be happy.

You need to work in fact we are commanded to work by the one who worked to make us.

But work is not supposed to kill us or drive us insane.

We were meant to be joyful and enjoy what we do.

Not work these long hours just to make your boss a pretty dime.

What if we all were to do what we loved.

And cared for others and helped them along.

ife would be much better if it wasn't always the comparison game.

If we could just live life and not fight to be on top.

If we just didn't live life in comparions we could be much happier.

We are connected to everyone but only see their highlight reels.

So these connections are fake and shouldn't control us.

We need to focus on today and find joy in our life.

Thanks for listen to a piece of my mind about this rat race we run.

I pray for myself and for you and your friends.

You'll break free of this prison of this technelogical age.

Find peace in the small things and joy in your life.

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About the Creator

Anthony Terry

Hello, I like using poetry and music to help connect people and find the meaning of life. We all have our own unique stories and I want to share mine to hopefully inspire you to share yours!

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