Livebreathesmile
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Favourite quote: If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always got - Henry Ford
Not hard to understand, and great for giving yourself a kick up the arse when you're unhappy.
I discovered the poem below about 20 years ago or so when hitting a down point brought on by work. It made me think that FFS, I only get one life and I want to live it like this.
I pick it up every once in a while and it always puts a smile on my face. I've bolded the bits that I especially like and find useful.
Hope you enjoy and find something positive from them too.
Please add yours!
[font=Lato, sans-serif]Desiderata[/font]
[font=Lato, sans-serif]Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons.[/font]
[font=Lato, sans-serif]Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even to the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story.[/font]
[font=Lato, sans-serif]Avoid loud and aggressive persons; they are vexatious to the spirit. [/font]
[font=Lato, sans-serif]If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or bitter, for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.[/font]
[font=Lato, sans-serif]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.[/font]
[font=Lato, sans-serif]Exercise caution in your business affairs, for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals, and everywhere life is full of heroism.[/font]
[font=Lato, sans-serif]Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment, it is as perennial as the grass.[/font]
[font=Lato, sans-serif]Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth.[/font]
[font=Lato, sans-serif]Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.[/font]
[font=Lato, sans-serif]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 a right to be here.[/font]
[font=Lato, sans-serif]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. [/font]
[font=Lato, sans-serif]And whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul. With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. [/font]
[font=Lato, sans-serif]Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.[/font]
[font=Lato, sans-serif]By Max Ehrmann © 1927
Original text[/font]
[font=Lato, sans-serif]https://www.desiderata.com/desiderata.html[/font]
Not hard to understand, and great for giving yourself a kick up the arse when you're unhappy.
I discovered the poem below about 20 years ago or so when hitting a down point brought on by work. It made me think that FFS, I only get one life and I want to live it like this.
I pick it up every once in a while and it always puts a smile on my face. I've bolded the bits that I especially like and find useful.
Hope you enjoy and find something positive from them too.
Please add yours!
[font=Lato, sans-serif]Desiderata[/font]
[font=Lato, sans-serif]Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons.[/font]
[font=Lato, sans-serif]Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even to the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story.[/font]
[font=Lato, sans-serif]Avoid loud and aggressive persons; they are vexatious to the spirit. [/font]
[font=Lato, sans-serif]If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or bitter, for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.[/font]
[font=Lato, sans-serif]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.[/font]
[font=Lato, sans-serif]Exercise caution in your business affairs, for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals, and everywhere life is full of heroism.[/font]
[font=Lato, sans-serif]Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment, it is as perennial as the grass.[/font]
[font=Lato, sans-serif]Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth.[/font]
[font=Lato, sans-serif]Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.[/font]
[font=Lato, sans-serif]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 a right to be here.[/font]
[font=Lato, sans-serif]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. [/font]
[font=Lato, sans-serif]And whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul. With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. [/font]
[font=Lato, sans-serif]Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.[/font]
[font=Lato, sans-serif]By Max Ehrmann © 1927
Original text[/font]
[font=Lato, sans-serif]https://www.desiderata.com/desiderata.html[/font]