How to Survive During the Hard Times…by Robert M. Katzman
© April 10, 2014 (updated in December 2018)
I learned all you’ll read below from an old man I met in 1965, Bill, when I was 15, born in 1950 and he was 69, born in 1896. For my grandkids, and yours, listen to his words from over 50 years ago. He lived what I wrote here, and eventually, I did too:
Hard to know all this
When you’re a kid
I was a kid
I didn’t know enough
Didn’t have much choice
Bad times are thrust upon you
Not like choosing a college
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Bad times can toughen you
Inside and out
Turn your gut from cotton to leather
If you keep your eyes open
Mouth shut
Listen
And don’t make stupid choices