With humor and profundity, author Helmut Mardek explores the big and small things and the course of life in his four-line poems. The verses deal with topics that are familiar to almost everyone—working life, growing older, nature, relationships, politics, and the little pitfalls of everyday life. The differences between old and young, between the past, marked by flight and fear, but also new beginnings, and today's reality are highlighted, as well as what it is like to grow older and experience the associated health limitations and loss of former companions. In an increasingly fast-paced and negative world, the book offers the opportunity to find peace, smile, and reflect on the things that really matter.