Book of D: The Wild Doesn't Feel Sorry for Itself

“I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. 

D. H. Lawrence

 A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough 

without ever having felt sorry for itself.” 

 ― D.H. Lawrence, The Complete Poems of D.H. Lawrence

Why is it that humans can't follow suit? After all, humans are supposed to be smarter, right? I know. I know. As humans, our intelligence quotient differs from that of our emotional intelligence, which posits that we're going to eat our emotions and stomp all over making sound decisions. Feeling sorry for ourselves as humans is what sets us apart from the animal kingdom, but is it okay that we use it as an excuse to be assholes to others whenever we're having an emotionally inept kind of day? To this I answer, "NO!" Nothing ever gives us humans the right to mistreat anyone or anything. It's okay to have a pity party from time to time, but it has to stop at one point, and it must never impede upon or create negativity onto another living person, animal, or thing.