taken twice a day - morning and evening
Desiderata
Trovata nell'antica chiesa di S. Paolo, Baltimora. Datata 1692.
Passa tranquillamente tra il rumore e la haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence.
as long 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;
too have their story. Avoid loud and aggressive persons;
they are vexatious to the spirit.
If you compare yourself with others, you run the risk of growing bitterness and pride in you, because there will always be people
lower or higher than you.
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 because the world is full of trickery.
But this does not blind you to the virtue of dinstinguere;
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;
because in spite of all aridity and disenchantment it
and perennial as the grass.
Take kindly the counsel of the years, leaving with a smile
surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with your imagination.
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.
It is clear that you or not, and you doubt the universe is unfolding as it should be you.
Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him,
and whatever your struggles and your aspirations, keep peace with your soul
in the noisy confusion of life.
With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams,
and still a beautiful world. Be careful.
Try to be happy.
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