Seven hundred years ago

Halfway through the journey of my life,
Having strayed from the right path and lost it,
I awoke to find myself in a dark and thickening wood.

-- Dante, Inferno, (1308-1321)

Dante, a poet for our times.

You see. You're not alone.

and this helps me ....how?

Comfort in repetition. It's all been said and done before. There's nothing new under the sun.

Oh, now I get it.