Nezahualcoyotl's A Plain Spring Song And The Flower Tree

It is outrageous how many things we take for granted. One of the things individuals take for granted is life. We make plans for the day, but we never even know if we will make it to the next day. Many individuals do not realize the beauty we are surrounded by and only see the negative side of life. Having a bad day does not mean having a bad life forever. For example, in the poems A Plain Spring Song And The Flower Tree by Nezahualcoyotl, he talks about life and death. The first poem The Flower Tree describes how life is a beauty and how we should appreciate life. The other poem, A Plain Spring Song describes how life is too short and can be taken at any moment because it is not forever. Many people act or speak as if there would be a forever

As Nezahualcoyotl states, “We will pass away. I, Nezahualcoyotl, say enjoy! Do we really live on earth?” We do not live on earth if all we have done is wasted our time and not valued how beautiful life is. Nezahualcoyotl states “ I raise them: I, a singer, I scatter them, I spill them, the flowers become gold.” In life nothing was born to be easygoing, we have to struggle in order to succeed because at the end it pays off. We go through challenging times, but that does not mean giving up with life. It means learning what you did wrong and fixing it until you have succeeded. Failure is only a short-term change in direction to proceed for the upcoming success. While living we should not waste our time instead make something productive that will benefit

Living in the moment means giving up your past, living the present, and not looking forward to the future. Living the present means focusing on the things that can be improved and controlled in one’s life. This is living the beauty of life. People should stop being greedy for themselves and just simply be happy for what they have. We often take materialistic things for granted instead of valuing important things that will make us succeed in life. Life is short, if we do not appreciate or value important things, once we are near death, it will be too late to make a change in our lives. Life is meaningful, so much we can do with it and yet it can be taken away in a matter of