{"id":385,"date":"2007-08-01T11:00:01","date_gmt":"2007-08-01T11:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beyondblue\/2007\/08\/oh-the-places-youll-go.html"},"modified":"2007-08-01T11:00:01","modified_gmt":"2007-08-01T11:00:01","slug":"oh-the-places-youll-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beyondblue\/2007\/08\/oh-the-places-youll-go.html","title":{"rendered":"Oh, the Places You’ll Go!"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is perhaps the best expression of depression I can find. Of course, a children\u2019s book. From “Oh, The Places You\u2019ll Go<\/a>,” by Dr. Seuss:
\nI\u2019m sorry to say so
\nbut, sadly, it\u2019s true
\nthat Bang-ups
\nand Hang-ups
\ncan happen to you.
\nYou can get all hung up
\nin a prickle-ly perch.
\nAnd your gang will fly on.
\nYou\u2019ll be left in a Lurch.<\/p>\n


\nYou\u2019ll come down from the Lurch
\nwith an unpleasant bump.
\nAnd chances are, then,
\nthat you\u2019ll be in a Slump.
\nAnd when you\u2019re in a Slump,
\nyou\u2019re not in for much fun.
\nUnslumping yourself
\nis not easily done.
\nYou will come to a place where the streets are not marked.
\nSome windows are lighted. But mostly they\u2019re darked.
\nA place you could sprain both your elbow and chin!
\nDo you dare to stay out? Do your dare to go in?
\nHow much can you lose? How much can you win?
\nAnd IF you go in, should you turn left or right . . .
\nor right-and-three-quarters? Or maybe not quite?
\nOr go around back and sneak in from behind?
\nSimple it\u2019s not, I\u2019m afraid you will find,
\nfor a mind-maker-upper to make up his mind.
\nYou can get so confused
\nthat you\u2019ll start in to race
\ndown long wiggled roads at a break-necking pace
\nand grind on for miles across weirdish wild space,
\nheaded, I fear, toward a most useless place.
\nThe Waiting Place . . .
\nfor people just waiting.
\nWaiting for a train to go
\nor a bus to come, or a plane to go
\nor the mail to come, or the rain to go
\nor the phone to ring, or the snow to snow
\nor waiting around for a Yes or No
\nor waiting for their hair to grow.
\nEveryone is just waiting.
\nWaiting for the fish to bite
\nor waiting for wind to fly a kite
\nor waiting around for Friday night
\nor waiting, perhaps, for their Uncle Jake
\nor a pot to boil, or a Better Break
\nor a string of pearls, or a pair of pants
\nor a wig with curls, or Another Chance.
\nEveryone is just waiting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is perhaps the best expression of depression I can find. Of course, a children\u2019s book. From “Oh, The Places You\u2019ll Go,” by Dr. Seuss: I\u2019m sorry to say so but, sadly, it\u2019s true that Bang-ups and Hang-ups can happen to you. You can get all hung up in a prickle-ly perch. 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