Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace may be in the silence.
As far as possible without surrender, be on good terms with all persons. Speak truth quietly and clearly. Listen to others, event the dull and ignorant; they too have their story. Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit. If you compare yourself to 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 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 herosim.
Be yourself, especially do not feigh 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 surrendering the things of youth. Nurture the strength of your spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with imaginings. Many years are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. 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. 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 with your soul. With all its shams, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world.
Camilla Phillips 2005
As far as possible without surrender, be on good terms with all persons. Speak truth quietly and clearly. Listen to others, event the dull and ignorant; they too have their story. Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit. If you compare yourself to 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 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 herosim.
Be yourself, especially do not feigh 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 surrendering the things of youth. Nurture the strength of your spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with imaginings. Many years are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. 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. 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 with your soul. With all its shams, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world.
Camilla Phillips 2005
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