Welcome baby it's your turn to live they're laying for you chicken pox whooping cough smallpox malaria TB heart disease cancer and so on unemployment hunger and so on train wrecks bus accidents plane crashes on-the-job injuries earthquakes floods droughts and so on heartbreak alcoholism and so on nightsticks prisons doors and so on they're laying for you the atom bomb and so on welcome baby it's your turn to live they're laying for you socialism communism and so on.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The world offers a baby many hardships before and after birth.
- In plain terms
- You are born into a world full of sickness, danger, and trouble.
- What can you take from it?
- Life involves facing many struggles from the start.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Is life worth the pain?
- What should we protect?
Another view
The list focuses heavily on negatives and ignores blessings.
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