The campaigner's version of 'Desiderata'
I had this sent to me by a campaigner and love a bit of humour in my day, so thought I would pass it on. The beautiful original version is below it.
Sandi
The Druid Desiderata
Go Noisily amid the complacence and waste, and Remember what peace can be had without Television.
Never Surrender and always attempt to undermine authority, which will put you on good terms with most people.
Speak your truth as loudly and as clearly as possible, especially to the dull and ignorant.
Avoid meekness and subservience like the plague, for they are murderers of Humankind's soul.
If you compare yourself with others, you are wasting time and living in a world of illusion.
Wake UP!
Enjoy your achievements, but enjoy your plans more.
Keep interested in your livelihood, it is the only one you will ever have, and is an ongoing thing.
Do not allow others to define your livelihood, or your currencies.
Exercise generosity in your business affairs, because what ever you have, will not be yours again, someday.
There is virtue and trickery in this world, light and darkness, thinking, and ignorance, something, and nothing.
One mans perceptions may be another mans hell.
Be aware of the true solitude you inherit with your existence, and treasure it.
The only thing you can take with you from this world is what you have learned.
Love is a conditioned response born of reproductive imperative, and a subconscious survival instinct.
Do not put pretty labels on it, you are just fooling yourself. Loyalty, and true care for your fellow human beings goes far beyond love, and is not hard to see.
Grow old gracefully, but do not fall into the pit of wishing immortality. No number of drugs, or physicians care can keep your body on this Earth forever.
To want that is base selfishness and simple animal fear. Do not indulge it, you are truly better than that.
You are the embodiment of Light, the most refined form of matter that can be. You are meant to be here, and you will be here again.
You are a traveller in space, and eternal in your identity. Do not restrict yourself, or you will be sorry, over and over again.
Be cheerful when possible, boldly courageous when necessary, and thoughtful always. Learning is what you are here for, and the world is just the classroom for the soul. Strive To Be Free.
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Max Ehrmann
Desiderata
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 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 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 with your soul.
With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.
Max Ehrmann,
Desiderata,
Copyright 1952
Sandi
The Druid Desiderata
Go Noisily amid the complacence and waste, and Remember what peace can be had without Television.
Never Surrender and always attempt to undermine authority, which will put you on good terms with most people.
Speak your truth as loudly and as clearly as possible, especially to the dull and ignorant.
Avoid meekness and subservience like the plague, for they are murderers of Humankind's soul.
If you compare yourself with others, you are wasting time and living in a world of illusion.
Wake UP!
Enjoy your achievements, but enjoy your plans more.
Keep interested in your livelihood, it is the only one you will ever have, and is an ongoing thing.
Do not allow others to define your livelihood, or your currencies.
Exercise generosity in your business affairs, because what ever you have, will not be yours again, someday.
There is virtue and trickery in this world, light and darkness, thinking, and ignorance, something, and nothing.
One mans perceptions may be another mans hell.
Be aware of the true solitude you inherit with your existence, and treasure it.
The only thing you can take with you from this world is what you have learned.
Love is a conditioned response born of reproductive imperative, and a subconscious survival instinct.
Do not put pretty labels on it, you are just fooling yourself. Loyalty, and true care for your fellow human beings goes far beyond love, and is not hard to see.
Grow old gracefully, but do not fall into the pit of wishing immortality. No number of drugs, or physicians care can keep your body on this Earth forever.
To want that is base selfishness and simple animal fear. Do not indulge it, you are truly better than that.
You are the embodiment of Light, the most refined form of matter that can be. You are meant to be here, and you will be here again.
You are a traveller in space, and eternal in your identity. Do not restrict yourself, or you will be sorry, over and over again.
Be cheerful when possible, boldly courageous when necessary, and thoughtful always. Learning is what you are here for, and the world is just the classroom for the soul. Strive To Be Free.
--------
Max Ehrmann
Desiderata
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 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 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 with your soul.
With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.
Max Ehrmann,
Desiderata,
Copyright 1952
rudkla - 19. Apr, 14:42
