Sometimes when I start feeling disillusioned or feeling sorry for myself I remember this poem by DH Lawrence. I recall first hearing it in the movie “GI Jane”… probably the only thing worth remembering from that movie. Sometimes when I start feeling disillusioned or feeling sorry for myself I remember this poem by DH Lawrence. I recall first hearing it in the movie “GI Jane”… probably the only thing worth remembering from that movie.
I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself. – DH Lawrence
Taking the emotion and “Self Pity” out of any apparent Dilemma, one is left only with the Truth. Another thought to balance out the words of DH Lawrence:
Life is mostly Froth & Bubble, but Two things Stand Like Stone, Kindness in another’s Trouble, and Courage in your Own – Anonymous
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