Chasing Contentment

The poem below was written by a young boy. I came across it a while ago and thought it was very interesting how a kid would write this. Nice reminder to enjoy the moment, right now, instead of always living in hoping for tomorrow.

Chasing Contentment

It was spring but it was summer I wanted; the warm days and the great outdoors.

It was summer but it was fall I wanted; the colorful leaves and the cool dry air.

It was fall but it was winter I wanted; the beautiful snow and the joy of the holiday season.

It was now winter but it was Spring I wanted; the warmth and the blossoming nature.

I was a child but it was adulthood I wanted; the freedom and the respect.

I was twenty but it was thirty I wanted; to be mature and sophisticated.

I was middle-ages but it was twenty I wanted; the youth and the free spirit.

I was retired but it was middle- age that I wanted; the presence of mind without limitations.

My life was over but I never got what I wanted. 

-Jason Lehman