on facing up to adversity

it's a troublesome world,
all the people who're in it
are troubled with troubles
almost every minute.

just tell yourself, duckie,
you're really quite lucky!
some people are much more...
oh, ever so much more...
oh, muchly much-much more
unlucky than you!

- did i ever tell you how lucky you are?

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i learned there are troubles
of more than one kind.
some come from ahead
and some come from behind.

but i've bought a big bat.
i'm all ready, you see.
now my troubles are going
to have troubles with me!

- i had trouble in getting to solla sollew
theodor seuss geisel (1904-1991)