Survival can be summed up in three words – never give up. That’s the heart of it really. Just keep trying.
The writer is either a practicing recluse or a delinquent, guilt-ridden one.
Ah, my Beloved, fill the Cup that clears TO-DAY of past Regrets and future Fears: To-morrow!—Why, To-morrow I may be Myself with Yesterday's Sev'n thousand Years.