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| Wednesday's Child http://ericscalessketchbook.blogspot.com/ 2009_10_01_archive.ht |
Tuesday's child is full of grace,
Wednesday's child is full of woe,
Thursday's child has far to go,
Friday's child is loving and giving,
Saturday's child works hard for a living,
But the child who is born on the Sabbath Day is bonny and blithe and good and gay.
Seems to me the children of the week in this poem make out pretty well except for Wednesday who is apparently unlucky enough to be full of woe. I was born on a Wednesday. Am I full of woe? This morning I was sitting on the front porch having my coffee and reading the paper. My mind began to wander. Yes, there are times when I might be described as "full of woe". What is woe any way? Merriam's defines it thusly: "1 : a condition of deep suffering from misfortune, affliction, or grief; 2 : ruinous trouble : calamity, affliction
So what's this woe thing about? I am Wednesday's child, but I am not full of woe. Where did it come from, this description? I found a website, Bethany's Birthday Descriptions , with a description that I can live with. It says "{Wednesday's child is} a serious person, and tries to change things that seem unfair. {He or she} makes the world a better place!" Now I can live with that. While I might not always be of a serious countenance, I am underneath it all, indeed serious.
So there you have it. Woe is in the world and you can let it rule you or you can do what you can to change it. Make some time for rumination! Go ahead, I give you permission if you need it. If you were born on Wednesday as I was, and even you weren't, scheduling it can save your sanity. And when the alotted time is over, get on with it. Remember, you make the world a better place! And woe be to those who don't believe that!
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