Monday, October 03, 2005

Caged


A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song. ~~Chinese Proverb

When you are trapped behind bars of circumstance, the desire to sing is usually not a natural byproduct. There are "what if's, what am I going to do, why did this happen to me, and what did I do to deserve this?" I'm sure that was the mindset of many a prisoner of war, caged in less than humane circumstances, cold, hungry, lonely and afraid. What makes on POW survive the cruelty of incarceration and another succomb? Survival, in some circumstaces, has often been attributed to faith and family. One of the
"Everything can be taken away from man but one thing-to choose one's attitude in a given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way." The sane are those who accept this charge and do not expect happiness by right." (Victor Frankl)






The sacrifice of praise

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