Each day begins with breaking dawn
and ends with setting of the sun.
Life, too, begins with light of day,
and ends when final day is done.





We often ask, why are we here?
What goals direct this earthly life?
Beyond the struggles to exist,
beyond all sorrow, pain and strife.





Somewhere between our dawn of life,
yet closer to its full extent,
we question how we use our lives,
the wasted time that we have spent.





Each precious life's a gift from God.
It never has been ours to own,
How we may use, abuse this gift,
by God alone can this be known.





What have I done to justify
existence on this planet earth?
and how may I best qualify
the full extent of my true worth?





And is this based on what I think,
or what I do or fail to do?
or on what others think of me,
which may be either false or true?





What really matters most is not
what other people think of you,
The most important question is
can you to your own self be true?