It's either because our new president refers to him frequently, the bad times, or the fact that president's day is right around the corner, but Abraham Lincoln is coming up in conversation a lot lately. One article I read yesterday stated that it was known that he suffered from Depression and one of his means of coping with that condition was reading sad poetry. It was also said that he was the only president known to write poetry, but I'm not as sure of that.
Well, we're living in times now that could depress a happy person, much less anyone that really has problems. There was news today about the housing market that basically said that you might as well slit your wrists now so you don't have to deal with the pain coming up next year. And jobs? Well, there just won't be any, will there?
Then I turn to the forums on the music biz, and it's dog-eat-dog over the little scraps of money to be made. Everyone is trying to figure out how to succeed in a business that is difficult when times are good, much less the current climate.
It makes me think that Lincoln was known for rising out of the mire and into greatness in spite of the obstacles that faced him. We need to think of that now and how it is the time to go for it when everyone expects failure...or we could read some sad poetry.
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