Have you ever had one of those days? You get some really bad news. Your usually dependable go-to friend in times of crisis doesn’t want to hear it. There’s an unexpected and shockingly high bill in your mailbox. A health issue you’ve been trying to take care of takes a painful turn for the worst. Your job security seems less secure. You’ve got a pimple on the tip of your nose, and your car is making a funny noise. In short, the universe seems to have peed in your Post Toasties.
It’s hard not to get discouraged in times like these. It kind of makes you want to don flannel from head to toe and pull the sheets up over your head, with nothing but chocolate truffles for company. (Actually, I pretty much always want chocolate truffles for company.)
Today I parsed the word discouraged for the first time. According to Dictionary.reference.com, “dis” is a Latin prefix meaning “apart,” “asunder,” “away,” “utterly,” or having a privative, negative, or reversing force.
So discouraged means an utter lack of courage. That works for me. Sometimes you just can’t work up the energy to be brave, and you therefore feel as if you’ve lost before you even go into battle. It’s a self-defeating spiral.
When I feel this way, I try to reach for whatever life ring I can get my hands on just to keep from sinking. So I’ll offer you this one for free. It’s the song Hang On Little Tomato by Pink Martini. It works even better if you mix it with chocolate truffles.
The View from a Drawbridge 
Be brave, little trooper!!!
I’ll try.
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