Credo for Life

Credo for Life - Another Re-visit

At these times when things seems...urgh!...I guess it helps to find something calming to read and reflect. This is another famous creed written by such a wise man.

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 aggressive 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 feign 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. 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 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 c.1920

You know, I am actually able to smile when I think of some of the statements made, and why I am able to understand the 'yuckkiness' lately.

I have allowed myself to be so sensitive to external sounds...and forgot to hear the voice from within. I get jumpy and irritated by the cacaphony of endless chatter, the mindless moans, groans, screams, screeches, whines, and wails...I used to call them 'banshees'...the lost souls of the sea, and yet, I have been lured and fallen into their trap.

But in my desire to shut out the noise, have I forgotten to listen?
That above the din...I should be able to hear the one soft voice...of that one who really needs my help.



My Prayer for Today,
God...thank for for life's daily blessings...I am able to wake up each day, and think of new possibilities. I know that which each wall I bang my head into, you cushion the blow with something else. I hope you understand why my sense of purpose has wavered these past few days...
For today, please help me open up my ears to make sense of what is happening around me. Allow my head and my heart to make connections, so that I am able to do things with ...er logical compassion.
There are still times when I feel that hanging some people upside down...but remind to control...control...control...Ameen