Toughen up, my darling,
because no matter how lovely,
how wise, how you you are,
the world will break your heart,
over and over.
Toughen up,
try to turn the other cheek,
and learn to catch happiness
wherever you might find it.
(To the little neighbor girl I occasionally slum with when I'm angsting/barred from the boarding house.
My own five-year old
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