Go placidly
amid the noise and haste,
Avoid
loud and aggressive persons,
Enjoy your
achievements as well as your plans.
Be yourself. Especially, do not feign affection.
Take kindly the counsel of the years,
and remember what peace there may
be in silence.
As far as possible without surrender be on good terms
with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly;
and listen
to
others,
even the dull and ignorant; they too have their story.
they are vexations to the spirit.
If
you
compare yourself with others,
you may become vain and bitter;
for
always
there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Keep interested in your
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 this not blind you to what virtue there
is;
many persons strive for high ideals;
and everywhere life is full of
heroism.
Neither be cynical
about love;
for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is as
perennial as the grass.
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 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 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 careful. Strive to be happy.