You're Already Given Life; So Use It Well
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Your soul and body are already the One's gift — so instead of only asking for more, do good and stay humble.
Time keeps moving no matter how we try to hide it — so use the days well while you have them.
The Pauree makes a quietly grown-up point: soul and body all belong to Him — you are already given everything, life itself — so spending all your prayers just asking for more stuff misses the point. What's the better use of a life already gifted? If you yearn for goodness, do good deeds and feel humble. And it adds the gentle memento-mori: even if you hide the signs of age, time still comes — you can't pause the clock, so use the days. Gratitude for what's given, humble good deeds, and not wasting the time you have — that's the whole counsel.
If life itself is already a gift, what's the best thing to do with it?
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