20 May 2012 - miserable existence

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How We Motivate Our Children: A Tragedy

chorus: The sun shines bright like a nearby star and the birds twitter like Twitter users, followed perhaps by each other.
loser: Here I am, trapped for the rest of my miserable existence in a miserable existence as myself.
chorus: No, you are in the world!
loser: Oh misery! Oh existence!
chorus: Where champions are born!
loser: And who’s a champion?
chorus: The few! The great!
loser: Almost nobody.

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