Keep Leisure in Your Busy

 

Oh, listen up, I'll tell you true,
There's something you must learn to do!
Keep leisure in your busy days,
Keep selfish in your generous ways!

 

An edict, yes! A truth so clear!
The basics that will make you cheer.
Not answers ALL—oh no, not that—
But guardrails, yes! A solid mat!
A structure, frame, a path so true,
To help your life flow right on through!

 

The old way? Oh, it felt so HARD!
It said: "Don’t seek out joy, be on your guard!
Sacrifice now!" cried Pyrrhicism's call,
"Work hard! Give more! That's best of all!"
Those virtues, though? They gave you lice!
And stole your joy—that was their price.

 

It promised futures, shiny, bright,
"Just wait!" they said, "Just one more night!"
While picking all your pockets clean,
The cruelest trick you've ever seen.
Those carrots dangling out of reach,
Forever just beyond your beach.

 

But here's the secret, here's what's REAL:
The journey IS the joy you feel!
Live well RIGHT NOW, don't wait, don't stall—
This builds your future BEST of all!
When you enjoy the walk you take,
You'll find results there in your wake!

 

Keep leisure in your busy days,
Keep selfish in your generous ways!
An edict, yes! A truth so clear!
The basics that will make you cheer.

 

When you take care of YOU first, you see?
You'll give so much more generously!
Your relationships will stand so tall,
With honesty and truth for all!

 

The old system? Oh, what a bind!
It addicts you! It traps your mind!
To praise and blame, to right and wrong,
You're captured by that toxic song.
What others think becomes your fear,
Your whole life's lived in arrears.

 

But HERE'S the thing! The chains are there,
So hard to see, so everywhere!
Yet put yourself and leisure FIRST—
And break those chains! Quench that thirst!
Refuse to chase what's far away,
And WIN and WIN in EVERY way!

 

Keep leisure in your busy days,
Keep selfish in your generous ways!
An edict, yes! A truth so clear!
The basics that will make you cheer.