Fight the Good Fight
04 Nov 2024
Dante wrote, “There is no greater grief then, in misery, to recall happier times.” When something knocks you down, there’s little to gain from dwelling on the upset. Get up to fight another day. Keeping busy and focused on addressing the problems you care about leaves little time for depression. It was this mentality that led the British military to have a little fun in creating the Latin phrase, Illegitimi non carborundum, translated as, “Don’t let the bastards grind you down.” The Gifford-Jones version is, “Societal problems are being committed by so-called intelligent people who are largely fools.”
