Anytime, anyplace the way things fall out,
you just have to wonder what life’s all about.
Is there a meaning, is there a plan?
Did something just say, “I AM THAT I AM”?
Your optimist is delusional,
and, consequentially, stressed.
and, consequentially, stressed.
Your pessimist, though less in thrall to illusions,
is, nonetheless, also depressed.
is, nonetheless, also depressed.
Your realist says, “Business as usual,
get out of bed and get yourself dressed.
Do what you can, avoid what you can’t,
Do what you can, avoid what you can’t,
and never forget: YOU ARE AN ANT!
A creature so noble, so beyond reproach,
far, far above a lowly old roach.”