The glowing twinkle in the eyes of youth,
with great expectations of unrealized dreams.

Being young and without experience, they believe
their future successes will indubitably become true in time.

Inner feelings of hope and future prosperity abound.
A body strong without the deleterious effects of age.

A mind strong, without the subconscious limitations that are insidiously formed by
the small and large defeats that are inevitable in any endeavor.

Unaware of any obstacles that may be present in their future paths,
they continue to live life in that most euphoric state of mind
of the unassailable completion of future expectations.

Some will make it, and some will not. But this truth is unknown to them.
Only the feelings of imminent success and happiness fill their limited view of life.

But in time, the true story of their life will become revealed.
The corrosive effects of a battered body and tormented mind will have had time to set in.

Now, living an existence incongruent with the youthful expectations that once filled their mind.
Their once strong body limited by the encumbrances of age.

Their once strong mind scarred by life experiences.
A visceral awareness of the inverse relationship of expectations to time:

It slowly becomes obvious that not all, or perhaps none,
of their youthful expectations will ever come to pass.

But time moves on, and life continues unfolding.
The day-to-day occurrences, that soon culminates into perceptions of achievements or failures.

And then one day, looking into the mirror with disbelieve,
their youthful pretence of the achievement of impossible goals
becomes the reality that is now their being.

The once bright twinkle in their eyes of youth slowly fades away into that infinite abyss,
and will someday be gone forever...

...but in the context of the possibility of existence relative to the entire universe,
one realizes that they have been exponentially successful whatever their earthly outcome.


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