“...And although thus short, we shorten many ways,
Living so little while we are alive;
In eating, drinking, sleeping, vain delight
So unawares comes on perpetual night,
And puts all pleasures vain unto eternal flight.”
by Anne Bradstreet (1612-1672)
For what is your life?
It is even a vapor,
that appeareth for a little time,
and then vanisheth away.
James 4:14