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Desiderata (All Things Desired) A Poem for a Way of Life by Max Ehrmann  

Vvrooom 64F
44 posts
5/9/2021 4:04 am
Desiderata (All Things Desired) A Poem for a Way of Life by Max Ehrmann

Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence.

As far as possible without surrender, be good terms with persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly, and listen others, even the dull and ignorant; they too have their story.

Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love – for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is perennial as the grass.

Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth.

Nurture strength of spirit to shield you from 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 of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a 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 labours 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.
~ V 💋


redduracell 53M
909 posts
5/11/2021 1:08 am

 Thanks for posting and sharing this V.


sarasotaswm 61M
139 posts
5/11/2021 3:55 pm

 I’m probably a bad person, but I prefer National Lampoon’s version, titled ‘Deteriorata’

Google it, and you can see either the text, or the recorded version.

Somewhat sick sense of humor required.


Leegs2012 51M
96137 posts
7/28/2021 11:16 am

 Words well written.


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