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Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love,
to work, to play, and to look up at the stars....---Henry van Dyke
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Desiderata by
Max Ehrman
a.k.a. "The Desiderata of Happiness"
- Oxford Concise Dictionary -
Desiderata = the sense of something
missing, the thing desired
Text below that I have
highlighted in red and bolded
are
things that I feel strongly about. :-)
Go placidly amid the noise and haste,
and
remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible without surrender
be on good terms with all people.
Speak
your truth quietly and clearly;
and
listen to all
even to the dull and
ignorant ; they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive people, they are
vexations to the spirit.
If you compare yourself to
others you will become vain and bitter;
there will
always be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as
your plans.
Keep
interested in your own career, however humble;
it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of
time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs; for the
world is full of trickery.
But let not this blind you to the
virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals;
and everywhere life is full of heroism.
Be
yourself
especially
do not feign affection.
Neither be
cynical about love;
in the face of all aridity and
disenchantment it is as perennial as the grass.
Take kindly the counsel of the years,
gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture
strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
But
do not distress yourself with imaginings.
Many fears
are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome
discipline be gentle with yourself.
You are a child of the universe, no less
than
the trees and the stars; you have the right
to be here.
And
whether or not it is clear to you,
no
doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.
Therefore be at peace with God, whatever
you conceive Him to be.
And whatever your labors and
aspirations,
in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with
your soul.
With all its sham, drudgery and broken
dreams,
it is still a beautiful world.
Be
cheerful. Strive to be happy.
Max Ehrmann © 1927, 1954 All Rights
Reserved.
- In some
reference books, Desiderata is still sometimes thought to have
been 'found'
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at Old St. Paul's Church in Baltimore and to date
back to 1692. It was actually written by
-
Max Ehrmann and copyrighted by him in 1927,
the
copyright was renewed in 1954 by Bertha K. Ehrmann.
Background and top picture (pic of Tammy Holmes
used)
made from large image first made
by Jack Copus.
Email:
tammy-j1960@hotmail.com
Graphics public domain
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