A little inspiration..

So in light of my lack of creativity and adventure in the past few days I've decided to pass along something I have found to be quite inspiring over the past few years. A brief history of what I'm about to plagerize (well, I'll foot note it..so it's not really plagerizing)...a couple of good friends of mine moved in together in a cute, cozy little home a few years back... Now...I spent a lot of time there and every day walked past this poster in their kitchen...not even noticing it...let alone stopping to read it.. Then one day...when they were going through a rough time...I was there and finally noticed this poster...and read it....and read it again aloud..... Before I get to typing it...I think I should mention..that the poster was there when they moved in.....left there by previous tenants.... I later went home...grabbed my laptop and typed it and saved it to my computer...yes I could have googled it...but I wasn't thinking...

Desiderata

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 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 chaning 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.

Expecially do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love: for in the face of all aridity and disenchatment, it is as perennial as the grass. Take kindly the counsel of the years. Gracefully surrendering the things as 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 labours 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. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.

Max Ehrmann