O-o-h, Child, Things Are Gonna Get Easier
When I am struggling with something, the lines from a song that came out in 1970 go through my head in a sort of subconscious mantra that helps to soothe my nerves and calm me down and give me reassurance. The song is titled, "O-o-h, Child" and was sung by the Five Stairsteps. The lyrics go, "O-o-h, Child, things are gonna get easier. O-o-h, Child, things are gonna get brighter." In 1970, I was eleven years old. I am considerably older than that now. That's a long time for song lyrics to be stuck in my head and for them to continue to resurface on a regular basis, but they do. Pretty much for as long as I can remember, I have carried around with me the thought that "things are gonna get easier." If I just do this or that or accomplish some goal or solve some puzzle, then things will suddenly, magically be easier, brighter, better. When I was in high school, it was--- if I can just pass this Algebra test, or if I can just learn to par...