Fragile is the body that accompanies us,
flesh that can easily be bruised or torn,
bones which fracture and break,
organs malfunction, sometimes due to our own behavior and other times, it’s just the luck of the draw,
colds, fevers, headaches, stubbed toes, cancer, liver failure, peanut allergy, heart disease, chronic pain, bad backs, sore feet, toothaches, bullet wounds, kidney stones, arthritis,
just a list of reminders,
each thing evidence of our fragile nature.
The fragility doesn’t stop there, it’s not merely physical,
no, it accompanies our mental,
the mind that clings to fears of what-ifs,
the mind that clings to the afterthoughts of what could have been,
jealousy, anxiety, envy, resentment, eagerness, yearning, disappointment, adrenaline spike and dumps, endorphins rush and crash, sadness, happiness, discontent, disassociation,
the constant loop of emotions and feelings which keeping reminding man of how fragile, how childlike he is.
That’s all there is to it,
the reminder of how un-great man is,
daily reality check,
to keep the ego in line,
flesh, blood, bones, electrons, neurons,
just another animal,
and as Aurelius said,
man being an animal, he must get up and work.
Learned Living 