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Sonnet 29 When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes

When, in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes,
I all alone beweep my outcast state
And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries
And look upon myself and curse my fate,
Wishing me like to one more rich in hope,
Featured like him, like him with friends possess'd,
Desiring this man's art and that man's scope,
With what I most enjoy contented least;
Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising,
Haply I think on thee, and then my state,
Like to the lark at break of day arising
From sullen earth, sings hymns at heaven's gate;
For thy sweet love remember'd such wealth brings
That then I scorn to change my state with kings.

I have heard of several suicides of the last number of weeks involving men who were "in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes"

it's so saddening that society has shaped itself to admire fortune and celebrity more than anything else, My hope is that thing's are going to change back to appreciation of what's really important, relationships, family, caring and service.

I'm just lucky that I have almost always "scorned to change my state with kings" and we know that society has new kings now, so "I scorn to change my state with" Renaldo, Gordon Ramsey or Will Smith either.

It would be wonderful if people returned to being their best selves, rather than trying to replicate flawed models.