I Know

I take a look around at my life, such as it is, and this is what I know. 

I know that I am forty years old, and yet I have nothing to show for these forty years that I have spent on the planet.

I know that I am sick and tired a lot of the time, and yet there is nothing that I can do about it.

I know that I am lonely, and yet I keep falling for the unattainable again and again.

I know that I have a virtually non-existent social life, and yet I cannot find the energy or the enthusiasm to begin to rectify the situation.

I know that I am worth so much more than this, and yet I stick to the familiar.

I know that I am the only person who can make changes, move forward and improve things.

And yet I know I never will.