{"id":6485,"date":"2019-12-27T22:04:47","date_gmt":"2019-12-27T21:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bodhicharya.org\/manyroads\/?p=6485"},"modified":"2019-12-27T22:04:47","modified_gmt":"2019-12-27T21:04:47","slug":"desiderata","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bodhicharya.org\/manyroads\/desiderata\/","title":{"rendered":"DESIDERATA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/livinganddyinginpeace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/lights.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Go placidly amid the noise and 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 the dull and ignorant; they too have their story. Avoid loud and aggressive persons, They are vexations to the spirit. If you compare yourselves with others you may become vain and bitter; for always there will be greater or lesser persons than yourself.<\/p>\n<p>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 from 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.\u00a0Take 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.<\/p>\n<p>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 the 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. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.<\/p>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #800000\"><em>From<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/livinganddyinginpeace.org\/\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff\"> Living and Dying in Peace<\/span>.<\/a> <em>Poem by Max Ehrmann<\/em><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons. 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