The last couple of weeks have felt like the world has spat in my face,
Big insult to a Mediterranean,
Come to think of it, for anybody, I guess...
The world is so full of woes and foes,
How do you balance it all?

It reminds me of an age-old story:
This energetic, ambitious and successful young European businessman happened upon an African sitting outside his hut on his butt drinking sorghum beer,
“Man, don’t you have any ambition?”
“Ambition, what’s that...?” asks the African,
“Its the desire to get up early in the morning, go to work, and to build a fortune you’ll be proud of, instead of just sitting on your butt drinking beer all day while those around you work hard...”, says the Yuppie,
“Say”, says the African, “after I have worked hard all my life as you propose and amass great wealth, what will I do then?”
“Well”, replies the Yuppie, “you’ll then be able to retire.”
“Retire, what’s that?”
“Well, you’ll be able to sit on your butt drinking beer whilst others are...”,
At this point a very heavy frown begins to crease the yuppies forehead...,
“Never mind,” he mumbles rather nervously, “forget everything I told, you, you’re already there...”
Don't let the bastards grind you down...