Don´t have to

Don´t have to seek the ultimate

Don´t have to strive for the top

it damages your body and/or soul

Don´t have to try to be the best

Don´t have to carpe diem, you´ll burn the wick too quickly

Don´t have to run a marathon every day, your hips won´t thank you

Don ´t have to chase the girls like mad or go to a cave to live a life of a hermit

Don ´t have to stay at work until late

Don ´t have to make millions, that´ll only spoil your wife and kids

Don ´t have to create another Sistine Chapel, you´ll ruin your eyes

Don ´t have to study difficult books until your brain whirls

Don ´t have to abuse your body with trainings and steroids to be a winner of some stupid competition

nobody will give a damn in 20 year-time

Don ´t have to perfect your body or face with surgeries

Don ´t have to dope your brain with drugs

Don ´t have to be important or famous

Don ´t have to climb the peaks to get frozen solid

Don ´t have to punish your body for storing fat

Don ´t have to repent you are a sinner,

Don ´t have to drive 200 km/h

Don ´t have to lie to sell some stupid products

Don ´t have to kill your fellows because somebody ordered you to

Don ´t have to support any dumb sports club

Don ´t have to play meaningless computer games for hours

You pay extra for any extra

Stay in the middle

Nature wanted it that way

But if you want to be important or famous

or rich

or most beautiful

or the strongest

this poem won´t probably stop you