To Desire an Empire

Yesterday, I gave up. I laid on my couch put a pillow over my head and planned to wallow in my sorrow. I was tired…Tired of trying so hard to only end up meeting adversity yet again. I push and I push and I push with all my might and I can only move the wall an inch at a time. So I gave up.

2 Minutes into my pity party, I remembered a quote from G.I. Jane. It was a line by Master Chief John, the antagonist of the film. He quotes a poem by D.H. Lawrence about self-pity. The line was; “I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A bird will fall frozen dead from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself.”

This got me back off the couch and while still a little depressed about things not going how I wanted, I fought on. I reminded myself that I did not get to where I am today crying over all the hurdles in my way. I jumped each hurdle one by one as they came. There is no major punchline to this story. I just wanted to let everyone know what happened and how I dealt with it. Maybe the story will encourage you to do the same, if you ever come across this issue.

Onwards and Upwards,
Justin Brooke

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