Compensação.

Não ter o que queremos, desejamos, almejamos nos faz tristes... Ou mesmo quando as coisas não saem bem do jeito que pensávamos que seria.

Fazer o quê? "C'est la vie"... Cortar os pulsos, além de fora de moda, não faz meu tipo, nem dá ibope...

Então eu aplico a "Lei da Compensação". Funciona, mais ou menos, assim:

Não rolou? Não deu? Não vai dar?
Ainda assim, eu fico feliz...
Porque não passo fome,
não estou desabrigada,
não moro no Egito...
Tenho quem eu amo perto de mim!


E desse jeito, o mundo vai parecendo menos duro e amargo...

Alanis já musicou isso. Faça da música minhas palavras para este momento:

"I'm broke but I'm happy

I'm poor but I'm kind

I'm short but I'm healthy, yeah

I'm high but I'm grounded

I'm sane but I'm overwhelmed

I'm lost but I'm hopeful baby

An' what it all comes down to

Is that everything's gonna be fine fine fine

'Cause I've got one hand in my pocket

And the other one is giving a high five

I feel drunk but I'm sober

I'm young and I'm underpaid

I'm tired but I'm working, yeah

I care but I'm restless

I'm here but I'm really gone

I'm wrong and I'm sorry baby

An' What it all comes down to

Is that everything's gonna be quite alright

'Cause I've got one hand in my pocket

And the other is flicking a cigarette

And what is all comes down to

Is that I haven't got it all figured out just yet

'Cause I've got one hand in my pocket

And the other one is giving the peace sign

I'm free but I'm focused

I'm green but I'm wise

I'm hard but I'm friendly baby

I'm sad but I'm laughing

I'm brave but I'm chicken shit

I'm sick but I'm pretty baby

And what it all boils down to

Is that no one's really got it figured out just yet

I've got one hand in my pocket

And the other one is playing the piano

What it all comes down to my friends

Is that everything's just fine fine fine

'Cause I've got one hand in my pocket

And the other one is hailing a taxi cab..."

(Alanis Morissette)

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