Poor, Poor Pitiful Me

Well, I lay my head on the railroad track
Waiting on the Double E
But the train don't run by here no more
Poor, poor pitiful me.....



song by Warren Zevon ....copyright 1973... (Made famous by the lovely Miss Linda Ronstadt....)



Have you ever thrown yourself a good, old-fashioned Pity Party?...

I do it...all too frequently...



Life ain't fair..... Things never work out for me.... I hate my job..... My back hurts.... I hate wearing glasses.... My cats give me allergies.... I never catch a break....My co-workers are a bunch of jerks...... I need a vacation.....Wah, Wah, Wah.....

Life sucks...



Sometimes I just need to read some "encouraging thoughts".... you know, some trite, meaningless, prosaic statements that will supposedly make me "feel better".... (you know the kind)...



examples:

"Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it we can never do anything wise in this world"



"We could never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in this world"



"All the world is full of suffering. It is also full of overcoming"



"I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble"



"I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything; but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything I will not refuse to do something that I can do"...



"No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit"



"Instead of comparing our lot with that of those who are more fortunate than we are, we should compare it with the lot of the great majority of our fellow men. It then appears that we are among the privileged"



BLAHDY...BLAHDY...BLAHDY...BLAH...BLAH......... (give me a break)....right?...



Anyway, if you're into this type of meaningless blather then you can read more quotes and wisdom penned by this particular writer by visiting the following website:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Keller



Helen Keller..1880-1968

Deaf and blind from the age of 19 months. Entered Radcliffe College in 1900, graduated with a Bachelor Of Arts Degree Cum Laude in 1904...

Contributor to many newspaper and magazine articles, wrote numerous essays on blindness, deafness, socialism, social issues and women's rights....

Traveled the world.... published 12 books....Honorary degrees from: Temple University, Harvard, University of Glasgow, Scotland,... Berlin, Germany, Dehli, India and Johannesburg, South Africa........ yada, yada, yada,......



"Life is either a great adventure or it is nothing"......H.K.



Anyway, this is my stupid blog for this week. Sorry I couldn't come up with something better.... I just can't seem to catch a break!...... Wah.....



Well, I lay my head on the railroad track
Waiting on the Double E
But the train don't run by here no more
Poor, poor pitiful me
Poor, poor pitiful me......