I once saw a man who had only one arm. He was with a woman. She wasn't sorry for him, and nobody who was paying attention would have felt sorry for her.
If you are old enough to think about the things that happen to you and to other people, and have had enough things happen to you and seen enough things happen to other people, sometimes you'll know when you've seen someone who has refused to let life's vicissitudes and seemingly indiscriminately distributed injuries be the final answer.
Adversity doesn't always build character, and lack of adversity doesn't always prevent character from being built. That's why it's always disheartening to meet people who think their success is entirely of their own doing when it isn't, and inspiring to meet people who ignored life's invitation to fail.
Copyright L. Kochman, November 8, 2013 @ 4:50 a.m.
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