Life - where is it leading? Are you leading your own destiny or following some-one else? Our future begins with us acknowledging our presence and being able to recognize the imperfections and how we have contributed to our own inner chaos. Our uncertainties and negativism creates opportunities for failure - but is it possible to be happy and care free when we are unsure of what lies ahead?
The answer to that is not as simple as we would think - first impulse is to say no - but is it realistic to live life waiting for the other shoe to drop? The operative words are 'live' and 'life' - to live means to experience 'life' - the world we live in is not nor will it ever be a perfect world but if we choose to live rather than exist in it we will embrace all that comes at us. The good, the bad, the ugly and the unforgettable. Our lives will never be the way we want it to be - but the key is knowing that it's ok if it's not. Living is about hope and as long as there is hope there's the opportunity to make tomorrow a better day by being grateful for today.
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 the 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 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 cynical 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 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 labors 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
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