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Archaris t1_jbmmwp6 wrote

My preferred alternative, paragraph 3 of

Good Timber by Douglas Malloch

Good timber does not grow with ease:
The stronger wind, the stronger trees;
The further sky, the greater length;
The more the storm, the more the strength.
By sun and cold, by rain and snow,
In trees and men good timbers grow.

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rhinoman26 t1_jbmpmsu wrote

I didn't know I needed this poem in my life, thank you!

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MasudaManiac t1_jbpjg1e wrote

I love this sort of thinking until it goes too far. This is where people get the idea of pulling ones self up by their boot straps. Adversity is good, struggle is good, in a healthy balance. A hurricane is going to completely fuck anything in its path up. Doesn’t matter how strong the tree, or the boat, or the people on the boat.

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