So the Stoics Say

Philosophy, Poems 1 Minute

Life is full of pain and woe,
So the Stoics say,
But the trick is easy to see —
Don’t let it get to thee.

You decide what’s fair or foul.
It’s a judgment that you make.
It’s not the world that’s out of whack.
It’s your judgment, it’s very slack.

Select your judgments carefully
And you will no doubt be
A person who disarms harm —
Turns it to a funny yarn.

All Poetry — Henry Barnard

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Published by Henry Barnard

I am a voracious reader and also enjoy writing. I often have a very different point of view than the popular one. I do see value in debate, and thought it might add to the public debate on controversial issues if I were to express my contrarian opinions. I also started keeping my poems recently (I've written little pieces my whole adult life but never kept any); and I've been a photographer now for over 25 years. So I will be adding an occasional poem and hopefully interesting photograph to the blog along the way, just to spice things up.

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