Be near me

If anything, our writing are often reflective of our spiritual well-being, or under-being.

Be near me when my light is low
When the blood creeps, and the nerves prick
And tingle; and the heart is sick,
And all the wheels of Being slow.

Be near me when the sensuous frame
Is rack’d with pangs that conquer trust;
And Time; a maniac scattering dust,
And Life, a Fury slinging flame.

Be near me when my faith is dry,
And when the flies of latter spring,
That lay their eggs, and sting and sing
And weave their pretty cells and die.

Be near me when I fade away,
To point the term of human strife,
And on the low dark verge of life
The twilight of eternal day.

‘In Memoriam A. H. H.’
Alfred, Lord Tennyson

From Wikipedia:

'In Memoriam A.H.H.' is a long poem by the English poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson, and completed in 1849. It is a requiem for the poet's Cambridge friend Arthur Henry Hallam, who died suddenly of a cerebral hemorrhage in Vienna in 1833, but it is also much more. Written over a period of 17 years, it can be seen as reflective of Victorian society at the time, and the poem discusses many of the issues that were beginning to be questioned. It is the work in which Tennyson reaches his highest musical peaks and his poetic experience comes full circle. It is generally regarded as one of the great poetic works of the British 19th century.

Social Advancement

My take is if you want to get out of your economic and social gut, you climb out of your pit and break out your ranks. A poor man stays poor in his current social background unless he takes steps to advance his education and career outside his pit.

If it requires you to move beyond your shores, you do that. If you can succeed locally, stay and improve first your family's economy, then the society's.

The biggest national asset is education. When people in the lower rung feel discontented, deprived and under-privileged, they rebel politically. Because what better way can they be heard than to bring it to the attention of the rulers.