Our greatest fears

You know, there was a time when we were naive, when we thought that things could be bought just like that, that we believed that we'd party well into our fifties, and lead a dream life, earning a comfortable pay, and y'know, lead the good life. Yeah, when I was younger I'd thought I'd be a glamourous designer with high-flying customers, and have that artistic life I thought I'd lead..now, as a friend of mine said, I have "bowed down to reality".

"Our greatest fear is not that we are inadequate,
but that we are powerful beyond measure."

I posted up this poem by some dead poet long time ago, and now I just believe in the bitter truth of it all.