Ocupation: Author
Life: May 27, 1862 - January 21, 1922
Birthday: May 27
Death: January 21
I like the man who takes the stones Upon his rocky road With smiling lips instead of groans, Whate'er his heavy load Who seizes each as on he goes, And neatly crumbles it, And turns his share of pebbly woes To stores of inner grit.
source: John Kendrick Bangs (1920). “The Cheery Way: A Bit of Verse for Every Day”
topic: Attitude, Men, Grit, Rocky Road, Heavy Loads