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 VANE AND BITTER; FOR ALWAYS THERE WILL BE GREATER AND LESSER
PERSONS THAN 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.
ENJOY YOUR
ACHIVEMENTS 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. ESPECIALY 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
COUNCIL OF THE YEARS, GRACEFULLY SERRENDERING 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 LABOURS AND ASPIRATIONS, IN THE NOISEY 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.
YOU ARE A
CHILD OF THE UNIVERSE, NO LESS THAN THE TREES AND THE STARS; YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO
BE HERE.
Song by Daniel O'Donnell
Back To
Insights