A PSALM OF LIFE

In a psalm of life Longfellow says that life is not an empty dream, as other poets have sung in their sad poems. To some life may seem so but it is not it is real and purposeful. The soul that sleeps is dead, indeed. It is wrong to think the grave as the goal of life. As is said in the bible. it is the body that urns to dust. The soul is immortal. The ultimate purpose of life is not happiness or sorrow. The true purpose of life is to act, not to remain a passive sufferer. It is only through right action that we can prosper and progress in life. We must utilize every moment of our life in right action. According to the poet, life is a short lived affair, after all but art is limitless. Even our stout hearts with each heartbeat are marching closer and closer to death; their beats are like those of the muffled drums UN a funeral march. Thus the heartbeats are very similar to the drumbeats leading us to the grave. Life, therefore is lied a battlefield. We must put up a brave fight in this battle of life. We must not be like listless, idle creatures. We must be a giro in the strife. Instead of thinking about the future or worrying about the past we must act meaningfully in the loving present. Widths a pure heart, and faith in god, we must live every moment of our life in rightful action. We can make our lives sublime by emulating the qualities of great men. Just as they have made their lives sublime, we must also learn from them. Only those coming after us can take inspiration from our lives too. Great men leave footprints on the sands of time to enable others after them to follow in their footstep.