I'm sure you've all read this before (it was required reading in my high school), but I've found William Henley's Invictus to be a mood-booster when I'm at my worst.
Out of the night that covers me
Black as the pit from pole to pole
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced, nor cried aloud
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the horror of the shade
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find me unafraid
It matters not how straight the gate
How charged with punishments the scroll
I am the master of my fate
I am the captain of my soul
Take from it what you will, but I've a copy I keep in my wallet. It's common, but it's gotten me through some rough patches :3 Anyway, yeah. That is all. Bugger off.
Out of the night that covers me
Black as the pit from pole to pole
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced, nor cried aloud
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the horror of the shade
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find me unafraid
It matters not how straight the gate
How charged with punishments the scroll
I am the master of my fate
I am the captain of my soul
Take from it what you will, but I've a copy I keep in my wallet. It's common, but it's gotten me through some rough patches :3 Anyway, yeah. That is all. Bugger off.
It gets me up when I'm down. But sometimes I feel like my problems aren't as they feel, so eh.
