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| DISIDERATA | ||||||||||||||
| Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there maybe 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.� | ||||||||||||||
| Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit.� If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain and bitter; for always there will br 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 this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals; and everywhere life if full of heroism. | ||||||||||||||
| 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 sprit 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 wih 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.� Br careful.� Strive to be happy. | ||||||||||||||
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