Something to think about

[Zippy]

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everwhere."-Martin Luther King Jr.

[Russian Blue]

Great thread idea, Chris!

Can we add a poem? I was given this poem a long time ago. I love it and everytime I read it I seem to gain a better understanding and new perspective on events happening in my life.

Desiderata
Written 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 on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly;
and listen to others,
even to the dull and the ignorant;
they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons;
they are vexatious to the spirit.

If you compare yourself with others,
you may become vain or bitter,
for always there will 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 this not blind you to what 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,
for 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 dark 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 in your soul.

With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,
it is still a beautiful world.

[cloverfdx]

"Fear less, hope more;
Whine less, breathe more;
Talk less, say more;
Hate less, love more;
And all good things are yours."
-Swedish Proverb

I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainty that just to be alive is a grand thing.
-Agatha Christie

[ChrisH]

Thanks for your contributions everyone. I've already pirated some for my files! Please keep them coming.

Great thread idea, Chris!
Can we add a poem? I was given this poem a long time ago. I love it and everytime I read it I seem to gain a better understanding and new perspective on events happening in my life.
Desiderata
Written by Max Ehrmann

I love that. I used part of it for a JD wallpaper I made some time ago, in fact it is he who first brought it to my attention.

[ChrisH]

Here's my contribution for today.

It is the Law that any difficulties that can come to you at any time, no matter what they are, must be exactly what you need most at the moment, to enable you to take the next step forward by overcoming them. The only real misfortune, the only real tragedy, comes when we suffer without learning the lesson.
- Emmet Fox

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[ChrisH]

It's a strange thing, you have said it thousands of times I am sure...you will never know what you can do until you try. However the sad truth is, that most people never try anything until they know they can do it.
- Bob Proctor

[Zippy]

"I was never lost,but I was bewildered once for three days"-Daniel Boone

[ChrisH]

Good one zippy!

[Rachel]

Can we add a poem? I was given this poem a long time ago. I love it and everytime I read it I seem to gain a better understanding and new perspective on events happening in my life.

Desiderata
Written by Max Ehrmann

That is almost a credo for me. I have a rendition on a cd with music and play it regularly.

[Dorothy39]

Yes, Russian Blue~~ And Rachel~~~

Desiderata really captivated me!!!!!!!! That reply was GREAT!!!!!



ChrisH: Your thread is like reading my favorite book!!!!!! Wonderful thread!!!

[anna_66]

"A mutt is couture-the only one like it in the world, and made especially for you."
-Isaac Mizrahi

[ChrisH]

Now is the only time there is. Make your now wow, your minutes miracles, and your days pay. Your life will have been magnificently lived and invested, and when you die you will have made a difference.

- Mark Victor Hansen

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.
He is rich who owns the day, and no one owns the day who allows it to be invaded with fret and anxiety.
Finish every day and be done with it.
You have done what you could.
Some blunders and absurdities, no doubt, crept in.
Forget them as soon as you can, tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely, with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense.
This new day is too dear, with its hopes and invitations, to waste a moment on the yesterdays...

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

[cmayer31]

Here's one that seems to hit the mark for me this evening:

"In order for people to be happy, sometimes they have to take risks. It's true these risks can put them in danger of being hurt." - Meg Cabot

Back to pondering.