[Peachie]

Psalm 118:24

This is the day the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.


This reminds me to live in the moment.

[senior citizen]

Originally Posted by 2BNTV

Desiderata
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 yourself with others, you may become vain and bitter;
for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.

Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.
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.

Be yourself.
Especially, do not feign affection.
Neither be critical 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 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.

Desiderata - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Thank you. One of my very all time favorites.

Amazing that Max Ehrmann wrote Desiderata in 1927, yet it became famous in the 1970's and beyond.

Interesting info on Wikipedia. It refreshed my own memory.

It sounds like one of the great philosophers.......yet it was written in more modern times....1927. Still, before our time.......but relevant today and forever.

I think this is going to win number one prize for my favorite inspirational quote...

Again, thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Barefoot]

Originally Posted by Maryland Girl

You get what you get and you don't throw a fit.
Four year old granddaughter to her two-year old brother.

Out of the mouth of babes ... good advice!

[SemiMike]

"We do not receive wisdom - we must discover it for ourselves, on a journey no one else can take for us, or spare us." Marcel Proust

[superuke]

Never pee on a spark plug when the engine is running!

[senior citizen]

"Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of life's longing for itself. They come through you, but not from you.
And though they are with you, yet they belong not to you.
You may house their bodies, but not souls.
You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you.
You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.

The Archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite, and He bends you with His might that His arrows may go swift and far.
Let your bending in the archer's hand be for gladness; for even as He loves the arrow that flies, so He loves also the bow that is stable."

Khalil Gibran * Poet, Artist, Writer; religion: Christian.


"But let there be spaces in your togetherness and let the winds of the heavens dance between you. Love one another but make not a bond of love: let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls." - Kahlil Gibran


"Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit." - Kahlil Gibran

"If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours. And if they don't, they never were." - Kahlil Gibran

　



　

　

　


　




　

[George Bieniaszek]

Always keep your words soft and sweet;

just in case you have to eat them!!

[alc323]

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[renielarson]

Live each day as if it were your last