The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri #1

"O human race, born to fly upward, why before a little wind dost thou so fall?"

This line hurt my heart and almost made me cry.

I mean...geez...

For someone who has had to deal with depression, and real life for that matter, this is disturbingly apt.

From where does such weakness come? Why am I unable to function with 4-6 hours of sleep? Why can't I focus on writing? Why can't I focus on anything of substance, meaning and worth? Why do I let my mother, father, siblings, significant others, myself, family,God, my pet anole Ping and any other living creature in my orbit, down? 

Why didn't I get straight A's in high-school?

Why have I not excelled at anything? 

Why, why, why?

"O human race, born to fly upward, why before a little wind dost thou so fall?"

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