Through perseverance
Resistance to adversity
Is the thought the death of me?
A symptom of melancholy
Is the place of setting down
The same place that I began
The rocks remain the same
Yet I feel a different man
A picture in sepia tone
Each life adding to the play
To improve or enjoy
How shall I plan the day?
Waking to the sunlit welcome
Why the yearning for old home?
The journey wasn’t just mine
Until I found myself alone
Inspired by this quote from Daniel Z. Lieberman, on balancing ambition and contentment.
“I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.”
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