Take a minute to get Inspired!

I have a habit (obsession) with collecting quotes. Multiple notebooks later

and my desk being a clutter of various papers and post-its full of them

my boss has caught on. She left me this gem yesterday and I wanted to share with all of you.

 

(This picture is not mine, found it on google.)

 

Desiderata by Max Ehrmann

 

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 to the dull and the ignorant,

they too have their story.

Avoid loud and agressive 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 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 feing affection.

Neither be cynical about love, for in the face of all aridity

and disenchantment it is perennial as the grass.

 

Take kindly to the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering

the things of youth.

Nuture 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.

 

Therefor 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.