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[electricpaladin]

Have you ever been down and had just the right song come along and cheer you up? This was mine:

Better Way, by Ben Harper

I'm a living sunset
Lightning in my bones
Push me to the edge
But my will is stone

Fools will be fools
And wise will be wise
But i will look this world
Straight in the eyes

What good is a man
Who won't take a stand
What good is a cynic
With no better plan

Reality is sharp
It cuts at me like a knife
Everyone i know
Is in the fight of their life

Take your face out of your hands
And clear your eyes
You have a right to your dreams
And don't be denied

I believe in a better way

I guess it's because I do believe in a better way, a better world. It's not that in this better world nobody will loose their wallets... it's that if I have that, what the fuck does it matter that I lost my wallet? There are more important things in the world.

Nobody but me gets to decide what my problems are. That the kids I teach are jaded? That's my problem. That my (brilliant, I'm certain) novel isn't published yet? That's my problem. That I lost my wallet? That's not a problem. That's just something that happened. Fuck it.